Restriction of placental function alters heart development in the sheep fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Morrison, J L ^a,b   Botting, K J ^a   Dyer, J L ^a   Williams, S J ^a   Thornburg, K L ^c   McMillen, I C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Fetal growth restriction; Hyperplasia; Hypertrophy; Hypoxia; Placental restriction

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART WEIGHT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETUS; HEART; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP;

EID: 34447624110     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00798.2006     Document Type: Article

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