The fetal llama versus the fetal sheep: Different strategies to withstand hypoxia

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-202

  Llanos, Aníbal J ^a,b   Riquelme, Raquel A ^b   Sanhueza, Emilia M ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^c   Blanco, Carlos E ^d   Parer, Julian T ^e   Herrera, Emilio A ^a   Pulgar, Victor M ^a   Reyes, Roberto V ^a   Cabello, Gertrudis ^f   Giussani, Dino A ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Fetus; High altitude; Hypometabolism; Hypoxemia; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HYPOXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UPREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; TELENCEPHALON; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0043132039     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903322022794     Document Type: Article

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