Progesterone and 17 β-estradiol acutely stimulate nitric oxide synthase activity in rat aorta and inhibit platelet aggregation

Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 815-827

  Selles, Juana ^a   Polini, Nélida ^a   Alvarez, Cristina ^a   Massheimer, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Nitric oxide; Progesterone; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ESTRADIOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STRIP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; VASCULAR RING;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CITRULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035816266     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01174-2     Document Type: Article

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