Mechanisms underlying maternal venous adaptation in pregnancy

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 596-604

  Jones, Cresta Wedel ^a   Mandala, Maurizio ^b   Barron, Carolyn ^a   Bernstein, Ira ^a   Osol, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cGMP; Endothelium; Mesenteric vein; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 65549089589     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109332820     Document Type: Article

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