Altered calcium dynamics do not account for attenuation of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated dilations in the female middle cerebral artery

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2972-2977

  Golding, Elke M ^a   Ferens, Dorota M ^a   Marrelli, Sean P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Endothelium; Endothelium derived factors; Gender; Rats

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FURA 2; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENDER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CALCIUM; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036901348     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000035907.82204.39     Document Type: Article

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