Oestrogen modulates vascular adrenergic reactivity of the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1695-1702

  Brandin, Lisa ^a   Bergström, Göran ^b   Manhem, Karin ^a   Gustafsson, Helena ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Arteries; Endothelial function; Hypertension; Nerve stimulation; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTROGEN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0042386520     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200309000-00019     Document Type: Article

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