Cortisol-mediated regulation of uterine artery contractility: Effect of chronic hypoxia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 2 55-2, 2004, Pages

  Xiao, DaLiao ^a   Huang, XiaoHui ^a   Bae, Soochan ^a   Ducsay, Charles A ^a   Longo, Lawrence D ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calcium sensitivity; Glucocorticoid receptors; Norepinephrine; Pregnancy; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CARBENOXOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; STRESS; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0942265670     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00805.2003     Document Type: Article

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