Suppression of trophoblast uterine spiral artery remodeling by estrogen during baboon pregnancy: Impact on uterine and fetal blood flow dynamics

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Aberdeen, Graham W ^a   Bonagura, Thomas W ^a   Harman, Chris R ^a   Pepe, Gerald J ^b   Albrecht, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetus; Hemodynamics; Placenta; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD FLOW; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOMEOSTASIS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTOLE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS; TROPHOBLASTS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84861154175     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00590.2011     Document Type: Article

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