Effects of the Respiratory Stimulant Almitrine on Breathing and FOS Expression in the Brain of Fetal and Newborn Sheep

Pediatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-543

  Lee, Brenda ^a   Nitsos, Ilias ^a   Walker, David W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALMITRINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BRAIN REGION; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOXIA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SHEEP; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0344528602     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904010-00013     Document Type: Article

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