Androgen deprivation, estrogen treatment and vascular function in male rat aorta

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-172

  Cignarella, Andrea ^a   Bolego, Chiara ^a   Pinna, Christian ^a   Zanardo, Rossella ^a   Nardi, Francesca ^a   Zancan, Valeria ^a   Puglisi, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; Castration; Estrogen; Male rats; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CASTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AORTA; EICOSANOIDS; ESTRADIOL; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033973221     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002109900173     Document Type: Article

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