Adrenomedullin expression during hypoxia in fetal sheep

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-228

  Jensen, R I ^a   Carter, A M ^a   Skott O ^a   Jensen, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth; Hypoxaemia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CORTICOTROPIN; NITROGEN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; COTYLEDON; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUSION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SLICE; TRACHEA; UPREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

ACTINS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HYPOXIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MALE; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; UP-REGULATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 13444303847     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.2004.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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