Gender-specific effects of dexamethasone treatment on rat diaphragm structure and function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-133

  Prezant, D J ^a,b   Karwa, M L ^a   Richner, B ^a   Maggiore, D ^a   Gentry, E I ^a   Cahill, J ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gender differences; respiratory muscles

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; ESTROGEN; LIOTHYRONINE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031024288     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.125     Document Type: Article

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