Estrogen replacement attenuates resistance artery adrenergic sensitivity via endothelial vasodilators

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Meyer, Marjorie C ^a,b   Cummings, Kathleen ^a   Osol, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcboline; nitric oxide; prostaglandins; rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; IBUPROFEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030979007     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.5.h2264     Document Type: Article

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