Pregnancy causes diminished myogenic tone and outward hypotrophic remodeling of the cerebral vein of Galen

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-549

  Van Der Wijk, Anne Eva ^a   Schreurs, Malou P H ^a   Cipolla, Marilyn J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral veins; perivascular innervation; pregnancy; vascular reactivity; vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALEN VEIN; HYPOTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN HYPOTROPHY; VEIN TONE; VEIN WALL;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84876415259     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.199     Document Type: Article

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