No Evidence for an Enhanced Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide in the Maintenance of Arterial Blood Pressure in the IUGR Sheep Fetus

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 705-710

  Dyer, J L ^a   McMillen, I C ^b   Warnes, K E ^b   Morrison, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Chronic hypoxemia; Heart rate; Nitric oxide; Placental restriction

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP; VASODILATION;

EID: 67650932330     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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