Aging reduces the responsiveness of coronary arteries from male Wistar rats to the vasodilatory action of testosterone

Clinical Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-82

  English, Kate M ^a   Jones, Richard D ^a   Jones, T Hugh ^a   Morice, Alyn H ^a   Channer, Kevin S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Testosterone; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0033926457     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0990077     Document Type: Article

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