Changes in endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and α-adrenergic responses in resistance vessels during the menstrual cycle in healthy women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2499-2504

  Chan, N Norman ^a   MacAllister, Raymond J ^a   Colhoun, Helen M ^a   Vallance, Patrick ^a   Hingorani, Aroon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRADYKININ; ESTRADIOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGLYCERIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; REFERENCE VALUES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034975877     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.6.2499     Document Type: Article

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