Autonomic circulatory control during pregnancy in humans

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-337

  Fu, Qi ^a,b   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Baroreflexes; Pregnancy; Vasomotor sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67650526639     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1225261     Document Type: Review

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