Permanently increased conductance of the murine uterine arcade after the first pregnancy

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 225-232

  Wassel, Katrin ^a   Kuhn, Gisela ^a   Gassmann, Max ^a   Vogel, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arteriogenesis; Mechanical morphogenesis; Pregnancy loss; Uterine arcade

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PARTURITION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UTERUS;

MURINAE;

EID: 33748847752     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: 17444241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243860600746916     Document Type: Article

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