A stochastic model for early placental development

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 97, 2014, Pages

  Cotter, Simon L ^a   Klika, Václav ^b,c   Kimpton, Laura ^c   Collins, Sally ^d,e   Heazell, Alexander E P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Placental development; Placental shape; Spiral artery; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOATTRACTANTS; DISRUPTED ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN PLACENTA; PLACENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL SHAPE; SPIRAL ARTERY; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS;

OBSTETRICS;

CHEMOATTRACTANT; OXYGEN;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CHORION; DECIDUA; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; SPIRAL ARTERY; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGANOGENESIS; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84903641347     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0149     Document Type: Article

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