Mild chronic hypoxia modifies the fetal sheep neural and cardiovascular responses to repeated umbilical cord occlusion

Brain Research

Volumn 1176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-26

  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

Blood pressure; Bradycardia; Electrocorticogram; Fetal sheep; Flouro Jade; Hypoxia; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFLEX; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; THETA RHYTHM; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35148839085     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.07.089     Document Type: Article

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