Relaxin is essential for systemic vasodilation and increased global arterial compliance during early pregnancy in conscious rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 5126-5131

  Debrah, Dan O ^a   Novak, Jackie ^b   Matthews, Julianna E ^b   Ramirez, Rolando J ^b   Shroff, Sanjeev G ^a   Conrad, Kirk P ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RELAXIN; RELAXIN NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RELAXIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 33751243624     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-0567     Document Type: Article

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