Role of the α-adrenergic system in femoral vascular reactivity in neonatal llamas and sheep: A comparative study between highland and lowland species

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Moraga, Fernando A ^a,b   Reyes, Roberto V ^a   Herrera, Emilio A ^a,c,e   Riquelme, Raquel A ^c   Ebensperger, Germán ^a   Pulgar, Víctor M ^a   Parer, Julian T ^d   Giussani, Dino A ^e   Llanos, Aníbal J ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

adrenergic; Femoral resistance; Hypoxia; Newborn; Small resistance artery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LLAMA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; SHEEP;

EID: 80053622444     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00124.2010     Document Type: Article

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