Gender differences in the endothelial regulation of α2-adrenoceptor-mediated contraction in the rat aorta

Clinical Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Tejera, Nuria ^a   Balfagón, Gloria ^a   Marín, Jesús ^a   Ferrer, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

2 adrenoceptors; Clonidine; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Rat thoracic aorta; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANDROGEN; CLONIDINE; ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTANOID; SEX HORMONE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CASTRATION; CLONIDINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032866219     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS19980392     Document Type: Article

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