Calcium-activated potassium channels and nitric oxide coregulate estrogen-induced vasodilation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 1 48-1, 2000, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a   White, Richard E ^b   Roy, Tim ^a   Cox, Blair E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; Nonpregnant sheep; Uterine blood flow

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033853512     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.1.h319     Document Type: Article

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