Reduced uteroplacental perfusion alters uterine arcuate artery function in the pregnant Sprague-Dawley rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 762-766

  Anderson, Cindy M ^a,b,c   Lopez, Faye ^b   Zhang, Hai Ying ^b   Pavlish, Kristin ^b   Benoit, Joseph N ^b  

^a University of North Dakota College of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Placenta; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LITTER SIZE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; UTERINE ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 14044268791     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.036715     Document Type: Article

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