Defining the differential sensitivity to norepinephrine and angiotensin II in the ovine uterine vasculature

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a   Despain, Kevin ^a   Liu, Xiao tie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

agonists; Actin myosin; Angiotensin II receptors; Placental artery; Systemic artery

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; CELL PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; SHEEP; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84255204710     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00424.2011     Document Type: Article

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