Estrogen increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase via estrogen receptors in rat cerebral blood vessels: Effect preserved after concurrent treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate or progesterone

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1685-1691

  McNeill, Anne Marie ^a   Zhang, Chunying ^b   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^b   Duckles, Sue P ^a   Krause, Diana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral vessels; Estrogens; Nitric oxide synthase; Rats

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBON 14; CITRULLINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN; UTERUS;

EID: 0036284248     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000016325.54374.93     Document Type: Article

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