Genome and hormones: Gender differences in physiology selected contribution: Cerebrovascular NOS and cyclooxygenase are unaffected by estrogen in mice lacking estrogen receptor-α

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2391-2399

  Geary, Greg G ^a   Mcneill, Anne Marie ^a   Ospina, Jose A ^a   Krause, Diana N ^a   Korach, Kenneth S ^b   Duckles, Sue P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Estrogen receptor knockout mice; Gonadal steroids; Nitric oxide synthase; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HORMONE; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034749928     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.5.2391     Document Type: Article

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