Gestational modification of murine spiral arteries does not reduce their drug-induced vasoconstrictive responses in vivo1

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Leonard, Sean ^a   Lima, Patricia D A ^b   Croy, B Anne ^b   Murrant, Coral L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artery; Blood flow; Decidua; Pregnancy; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; PHENYLEPHRINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE ARTERY; ARTERY; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BASAL ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPIRAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; DECIDUA; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR REMODELING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84901261338     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.113688     Document Type: Article

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