Sexual dimorphism in regional blood flow responses to vasopressin in conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Wang, Y I Xin ^a   Crofton, Joan T ^a   Bealer, Steven L ^a   Share, Leonard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Physiology and Biophysics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hindquarter hemodynamics; Mesenteric hemodynamics; Renal hemodynamics; Sex difference; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR RING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030851682     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.3.r1126     Document Type: Article

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