Influence of gender and eodogenous sex steroids on catecholaminergic structures involved in physiological adaptation to hypoxia

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 580-586

  Pequignot, J M ^a   Spielvogel, H ^b   Caceres, E ^b   Rodriguez, A ^b   Sempore B ^a   Pequignot, J ^a   Favier, R ^a  

^a UMR 5578 CNRS Univ   (France)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Acclimatization to altitude; Carotid body; Chemoreceptor pathway; Dopamine; Noradrenergic brainstem cell groups; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Polycythaemia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEX HORMONE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CASTRATION; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; CHEMORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031093539     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050317     Document Type: Article

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