Abstract:***Using the Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure model of preeclampsia to study the blood brain barrier permeability***AIMS: To use the Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure (RUPP) model for preeclampsia to describe and evaluate the blood brain barrier permeability in pregnant rats.METHODS: Forty-one pregnant Wistar rats were divided into different intervention groups between 13 to 15 days of gestation: Pregnant-Control (PC; n=12), Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure (RUPP; n=15), Invasive Blood Pressure-Control (I… Show more
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