Intravascular pressure and diameter profile of the utero-ovarian resistance artery network: Estrous cycle-dependent modulation of resistance artery tone

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Sweeney, Terrence E ^a   Bagher, Pooneh ^a   Bailey, Jocelyn ^a   Cherra III, Salvatore J ^a   Grisafi, Frank N ^a   Pauli, Eric M ^a   Riley, Kristin ^a   Soares, Sarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hamster; Menstrual cycle; Reproduction; Vascular architecture; Vascular control

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CRICETINAE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE TONUS; OVARY; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 36148977934     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01019.2006     Document Type: Article

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