The adaptation of the blood-brain barrier to vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor during pregnancy

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 355-362

  Schreurs, Malou P H ^a   Houston, Emily M ^a   May, Victor ^a   Cipolla, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral endothelium; Circulating angiogenic factors; Gestation; SFlt1

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLUBILITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

RATTUS;

EID: 84855382870     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-191916     Document Type: Article

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