Prolonged Mild Hypoxia Alters Fetal Sheep Electrocorticogram Activity

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 404-411

  Pulgar, Victor M ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Massmann, G Angela ^a   Figueroa, Jorge P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocorticogram; fetal sheep; heart rate; Mild hypoxemia; power spectrum

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYPOXIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATION PERIOD; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 33749156925     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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