Baroreflex control of sympathetic nerve activity in hypertensive pregnant rats with reduced uterine perfusion

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-314

  Hines, Tina ^a   Beauchamp, David ^a   Rice, Collin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Preeclampsia; Regulation; Vascular clips

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UTERUS;

EID: 34548089950     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950701415598     Document Type: Article

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