Endothelial vasodilator production by uterine and systemic arteries. I. Effects of ANG II on PGI2 and NO in pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Magness, Ronald R ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a   Hassan, Abdullah ^a   Shaul, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adenylate cyclase; guanylate cyclase; ovine; pressor responses; uterine blood flow; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANGIOTENSIN; CYCLIC AMP; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33750815495     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.6.h1914     Document Type: Article

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