The influence of sex hormones on circulating nitric oxide (NOx) levels in rhesus monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Khorram, Omid ^a,b,e   Colman, Ricki J ^b   Kemnitz, Joseph W ^b   Magness, Ronald R ^a,b   Zhang, Jian ^c   Zhi, Yao ^d   Keller, Evan T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone; Estrogen Replacement Therapy; Monkey; Nitric oxide; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; OVARIECTOMY;

EID: 0036961989     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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