Hypertension induced by episodic reductions in uteroplacental blood flow in gravid rat

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-220

  Reho, John J ^a   Peck, Jennifer ^a   Novak, Jacqueline ^b   Ramirez, Rolando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic occlusion; Blood flow; Episodic; Preeclampsia; Vascular reactivity; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS;

EID: 79953701666     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641955.2010.507853     Document Type: Article

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