… metabolic profile because of the hypoxic environment along with developmental … carotid
arteries from near-term fetus, newborn, and adult sheep in both normoxic and long-term hypoxic …

… , in ovine carotid arteries, we tested the hypothesis that high altitude-associated long-term
hypoxia … We acclimatized nonpregnant adult sheep to 3,801 m altitude for ∼110 days and …

… that acute hypoxia (Po 2 of 9–12 Torr) of 30-min duration can reduce agonist affinity both
in adult and fetal ovine common carotid arteries and receptor density in adult arteries (4). …

… Control animals (sheep maintained at Loma Linda, CA, altitude 355 m) yielded normoxic
arteries, whereas sheep subjected to our chronic hypoxia model provided hypoxic arteries. This …

… carotid artery or in the aorta mediate the fetal cardiovascular response to acute hypoxemia.
… baroreceptors could be a specific feature of the sheep species. However, Kurnar and Han…

… by the common carotid artery, occipital artery and … to hypoxia in the near-term sheep fetus
have a powerful carotid chemoreflex component. Furthermore, fetal survival during hypoxia is …

… carotid artery and a femoral artery. In seven fetuses the … acute hypoxia have not been
investigated for the sheep fetus. In conclusion, we have shown that whilst section of the carotid …

… Considering clinical features, lung histology and alveolar arterial PO 2 difference (data not
shown), we did not find any suggestion of pulmonary edema in the newborn sheep utilized in …

… sheep earlier in gestation (10). The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of acute
isocapnic hypoxic hypoxia … Carotid artery oxyhemoglobin saturation in immature sheep ranges …

… basilar, and common carotid arteries obtained from 23 normoxic fetuses, 19 hypoxemic …
-term hypoxemia was associated with several significant changes in both fetal and adult arteries, …