Plasma urocortin 1 in sheep: Regional sampling and effects of experimental heart failure

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1801-1805

  Charles, Christopher J ^a   Rademaker, Miriam T ^a   Richards, A Mark ^a   Yandle, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous gradient; Heart failure; Hind limb; Kidney; Liver

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; KIDNEY; LIVER; PEPTIDES; RATS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33744976768     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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