Uterine distension differentially affects remodelling and distensibility of the uterine vasculature in non-pregnant rats

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 835-842

  Osol, George ^a   Barron, Carolyn ^b   Mandal̀, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

artery remodelling; myometrial stretch

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOTHESIS; MITOSIS RATE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; RADIAL ARTERY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNILATERAL UTERINE DISTENSION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS FUNCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN DIAMETER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MITOTIC INDEX; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOMETRIUM; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VEINS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84863793577     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11208     Document Type: Article

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