Endothelium-dependent control of vascular tone during early postnatal and juvenile growth

Microcirculation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 394-406

  Boegehold, Matthew A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelium; maturation; postnatal growth; vascular function

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RATS; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SWINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954340266     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2010.00035.x     Document Type: Review

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