… during hypoxemia. Plasma vasopressin and angiotensin … fetuses. Our results do not support
the hypothesis that the carotid chemoreflex during hypoxemia is blunted in the llama fetus. …

… of acute hypoxemia (see introduction). Our data suggest that this chemoreflex modulation
of … release during acute hypoxemia is greater in the llama fetus than in the sheep fetus, as …

… When subjected to acute hypoxia the llama fetus responds with an intense peripheral
vasoconstriction mediated by alpha-adrenergic mechanisms plus high plasma concentrations of …

… llama fetus at 0.6–0.7 of gestation has a response to acute hypoxemia very similar to the
fetuses of this study, indicating a mature cardiovascular response in the llama fetus, even at 0.6–…

… Cardiac output, total vascular resistance, and cerebral hemodynamic responses to acute
hypoxemia in the llama fetus during saline or l-NAME infusion. Values are presented as means …

… the llama fetus or the chronically hypoxic sheep fetus is not … vasopressin during acute
hypoxaemia in the llama fetus and … this hormone during acute hypoxaemia in the fetal llama is not …

… alternative strategies that the fetal llama has developed to avoid cerebral hypoxic damage,
… the chronic stimulus provided by the sustained hypobaric hypoxia of life at extreme altitude. …

… In the fetal llamas, 0 2 delivery must decrease when hypoxia is most severe, because blood
… The influence of this on the fetal llama cerebral function is unknown. Unlike the immature …

… fetal blood flow and blood oxygen content in 8 fetal llamas and compared th¢ findings to
similar measurements in 10 low altitude bred fetal … fetal llamas and sheep to imposed hypoxia. …

… the fetal llama, a species adapted to the chronic hypoxia of high altitude, responds to acute
… -labelled micro spheres during acute hypoxaemia, in 0.6-0.7 gestation llama fetuses to 1) …