Physiological involvement of placental endothelin-1 and prostaglandin F2α in uteroplacental circulatory disturbance in pregnant rats exposed to heat stress

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuzaki, Ichiyo ^b   Hatta, Kotaro ^c   Ogino, Keiki ^d  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelin; Placenta; Pregnancy; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN E2; 13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; BOSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLON; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DINOPROST; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; INDOMETHACIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JAPAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 3042831706     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-011     Document Type: Article

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