Fetal heart rate variability and brain stem injury after asphyxia in preterm fetal sheep

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 4 56-4, 2004, Pages

  George, Sherly ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a   Westgate, Jenny A ^a   Brabyn, Christine ^a   Guan, Jian ^b   Bennet, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetus; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MOVEMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NERVE CELL LESION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ASPHYXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 4644344981     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2004     Document Type: Article

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