Contractile properties of human placental anchoring villi

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 3 56-3, 2004, Pages

  Farley, Anne E ^a   Graham, Charles H ^a   Smith, Graeme N ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Placenta; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; EOSIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMATOXYLIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE TONE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

CHORIONIC VILLI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; NITROPRUSSIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 4143152658     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00222.2004     Document Type: Article

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