Chronic corticosterone treatment increases myocardial infarct size in rats with ischemia-reperfusion injury

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Scheuer, Deborah A ^a   Mifflin, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Glucocorticoids; Mifepristone; RU 486

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME METABOLISM; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030741509     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.6.r2017     Document Type: Article

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