Pregnancy and the endocrine regulation of the baroreceptor reflex

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Brooks, Virginia L ^a   Dampney, Roger A L ^b   Heesch, Cheryl M ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy dihydroprogesterone; Angiotensin II; Insulin; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYDIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN REGION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSENCEPHALON; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77955493269     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00059.2010     Document Type: Review

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