Role of nitric oxide in hypoxic cerebral vasodilatation in the ovine fetus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 549, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 625-633

  Hunter, Christian J ^a   Blood, Arlin B ^a   White, Charles R ^a   Pearce, William J ^a   Power, Gordon G ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BREATHING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; FETAL BRAIN; HYPOXIA; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; PARIETAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037496982     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.038034     Document Type: Article

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