Effects of treatment with 17β-estradiol on the hypercholesterolemic rabbit middle cerebral artery

Maturitas

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-260

  Ghanam, Khadija ^a   Javellaud, James ^a   Ea Kim, Leng ^a   Oudart, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Rabbit middle cerebral artery (RMCA); Vasomotor responses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM ION; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0034737192     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(00)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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