Vasodilator tone in the llama fetus: The role of nitric oxide during normoxemia and hypoxemia

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 3 58-3, 2005, Pages

  Sanhueza, Emilia M ^a   Riquelme, Raquel A ^b   Herrera, Emilio A ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^c   Blanco, Carlos E ^d   Hanson, Mark A ^e   Llanos, Aníbal J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Blood flow; Hypoxia; NG nitro L arginine methyl ester; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LLAMA; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEART; FETUS; GASES; HEART RATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 23944479935     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00071.2005     Document Type: Article

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