The influence of pregnancy and gender on perivascular innervation of rat posterior cerebral arteries

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-419

  Aukes, Annet M ^a,b,c   Bishop, Nicole ^a   Godfrey, Julie ^a   Cipolla, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Perivascular innervation; Pial arteries; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PIA ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NERVE FIBERS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 43849089718     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107314067     Document Type: Article

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