Human chorionic gonadotropin dilates uterine and mesenteric resistance arteries in pregnant and nonpregnant rats.

Hermsteiner, M

Human chorionic gonadotropin dilates uterine and mesenteric resistance arteries in pregnant and nonpregnant rats. [electronic resource] - Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology Dec 1999 - 186-94 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0031-6768

10.1007/s004249900151 doi


Acetylcholine--pharmacology
Animals
Arterioles--drug effects
Chorionic Gonadotropin--pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Endothelium, Vascular--drug effects
Female
Humans
Microscopy, Electron
Muscle Tonus--drug effects
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular--drug effects
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Animal--physiology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, LH--biosynthesis
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Splanchnic Circulation--drug effects
Uterus--blood supply
Vascular Resistance--drug effects
Vasoconstriction--drug effects
Vasodilation--drug effects