Local uteroplacental influences are responsible for the induction of uterine artery myogenic tone during rat pregnancy

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1072-1081

  Gokina, Natalia I ^a   Kuzina, Olga Y ^a   Fuller, Robert ^a   Osol, George ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fura 2; One horn pregnant rat; Smooth muscle Ca2+

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; FURA-2; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 70349865224     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109340927     Document Type: Article

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