Estrogen modulates endothelial and neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression via an estrogen receptor β-dependent mechanism in hypothalamic slice cultures

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2933-2941

  Gingerich, Sarah ^a   Krukoff, Teresa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; GENISTEIN; METHYLPIPERIDINOPYRAZOLE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPYLPYRAZOL TRIOL; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIESTROGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NERVE PROTEIN; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT; NOS3 PROTEIN, RAT; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROGENS; GENISTEIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144443539     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1375     Document Type: Article

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