Upregulation of endothelial cell Ca2+ signaling contributes to pregnancy-enhanced vasodilation of rat uteroplacental arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Gokina, Natalia I ^a,b   Goecks, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Fura 2; Intraluminal pressure; Manganese quenching

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FURA 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 33646426382     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00813.2005     Document Type: Article

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