Aging, serum estradiol levels, and pregnancy differentially affect vascular reactivity of the rat uterine artery

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-113

  Wight, E ^a   Kung C F ^a   Moreau, P ^a   Takase, H ^a   Bersinger, N A ^b   Luscher T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Endothelium; Estradiol; Pregnancy; Rat uterine artery; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS WEIGHT; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0343134177     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(00)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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