Melatonin supplementation alters uteroplacental hemodynamics and fetal development in an ovine model of intrauterine growth restriction

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lemley, Caleb O ^a   Meyer, Allison M ^a   Camacho, Leticia E ^a   Neville, Tammi L ^a   Newman, David J ^a   Caton, Joel S ^a   Vonnahme, Kimberly A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compromised pregnancy; Doppler ultrasonography; Umbilical blood flow; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEMODYNAMICS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MELATONIN; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84857600081     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00407.2011     Document Type: Article

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