Effects of L-glutamine supplementation on maternal and fetal hemodynamics in gestating ewes exposed to alcohol

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1981-1996

  Sawant, Onkar B ^a   Ramadoss, Jayanth ^b   Hankins, Gary D ^b   Wu, Guoyao ^c   Washburn, Shannon E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Endothelium; FASD; L Glutamine; Uterine; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUTAMINE; MICROSPHERE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BINGE DRINKING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EWE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS HEART RATE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; MATERNAL ACID BASE BALANCE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OLFACTORY BULB; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS BLOOD; HEART RATE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

OVIS ARIES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BINGE DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GLUTAMINE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERCAPNIA; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 84904747965     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1751-x     Document Type: Article

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