Estrogen protects transgenic hypertensive rats by shifting the vasoconstrictor-vasodilator balance of RAS

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Brosnihan, K Bridget ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Ganten, Detlev ^a   Ferrario, Carlos M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin peptides; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Hormone replacement; Postmenopausal; Renin gene; Transgenic rats; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; ESTROGEN; RENIN;

ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031405633     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.6.r1908     Document Type: Article

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