Vessel tortuousity and reduced vascularization in the fetoplacental arterial tree after maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rennie, Monique Y ^a,b   Detmar, Jacqui ^b,c,d   Whiteley, Kathie J ^d   Yang, Jian ^a   Jurisicova, Andrea ^b,d   Adamson, S Lee ^b,d   Sled, John G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetoplacental vasculature; Microcomputed tomography; Mouse; Placenta; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pregnancy; Prepregnancy smoking; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; MATERNAL CARE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ARTERIOLES; BODY WEIGHT; CHORION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79551483458     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00510.2010     Document Type: Article

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