Impact of chronic hypoxemia on blood flow to the brain, heart, and adrenal gland in the late-gestation IUGR sheep fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 2015, Pages R151-R162

  Poudel, Rajan ^a   McMillen, I Caroline ^a   Dunn, Stacey L ^a   Zhang, Song ^a   Morrison, Janna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Developmental programming; Intrauterine growth restriction; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MICROSPHERE; OXYGEN;

ADRENAL BLOOD FLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTPUT; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; BRAIN; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP;

EID: 84923182596     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00036.2014     Document Type: Article

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