Uteroplacental insufficiency and lactational environment separately influence arterial stiffness and vascular function in adult male rats

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 378-386

  Tare, Marianne ^a   Parkington, Helena C ^a   Bubb, Kristen J ^a   Wlodek, Mary E ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; artery; endothelium; lactational environment; smooth muscle; uteroplacental insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATION; LACTATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; LACTATION; MALE; MESENTERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84864284661     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.190876     Document Type: Article

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