Effect of gender and sex steroids on the contractile response of canine coronary and renal blood vessels

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-319

  Karanian, John W ^a,c   Ramwell, Peter W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Gender; Sex steroids; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL CIPIONATE; ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEX HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DOG; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATED ARTERY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY VEIN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; KIDNEY; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDES, SYNTHETIC; SEX FACTORS; TAMOXIFEN; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030061165     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199603000-00002     Document Type: Article

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