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Dr. Adamson's laboratory uses the mouse as a model to explore the developmental mechanisms responsible for abnormal placental blood vessel development, and the impact of abnormal placental function on fetal growth and development, and maternal signs of preeclampsia.

Maternal and fetal cardiovascular function and placental blood flows are monitored using high frequency ultrasonic imaging and Doppler to measure blood velocities. Utero- and feto-placental structures are assessed using histology and 3-D vascular imaging techniques.