Increased myogenic tone in 7-month-old adult male but not female offspring from rat dams exposed to hypoxia during pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 2 58-2, 2005, Pages

  Hemmings, D G ^a   Williams, S J ^a,b   Davidge, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; Gender; Nitric oxide; Undernutrition; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GENDER; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 23744437999     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00191.2005     Document Type: Article

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