Effect of cortisol on blood pressure and the renin-angiotensin system in fetal sheep during late gestation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 526, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-176

  Forhead, Alison J ^a   Broughton Pipkin, Fiona ^b   Fowden, Abigail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GR138950; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; HEMOGLOBIN; SAPRISARTAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPOTENSION; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PH; PRESSORECEPTOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RENIN RELEASE; SHEEP;

EID: 0343061034     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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