Uterine artery blood flow and renal sympathetic nerve activity during exercise in rabbit pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 5 54-5, 2003, Pages

  O'Hagan, Kathleen P ^a   Alberts, Jennifer A ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Sympathetic nervous system; Uterine artery conductance

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0142031626     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00258.2003     Document Type: Article

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