Male-female differences in the relative contribution of endothelial vasodilators released by rat tail artery

Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1633-1642

  Pak, Kirk J ^a   Geary, Greg G ^a   Duckles, Sue P ^a   Krause, Diana N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial derived hyperpolarizing factor; Nitric oxide; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; METHOXAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTANOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; METHOXAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PERFUSION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSTAGLANDIN ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037162966     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)01851-9     Document Type: Article

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