Effect of morphology on placentome size, vascularity, and vasoreactivity in late pregnant sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 976-982

  Vonnahme, K A ^a   Arndt, W J ^a   Johnson, M L ^a   Borowicz, P P ^a   Reynolds, L P ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Placentome; Sheep; Vascularity; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 55549123906     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.070748     Document Type: Article

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