Forced exercise-induced flushing of tail skin in ovariectomized mice, as a new experimental model of menopausal hot flushes

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-326

  Shuto, Hideki ^a   Yamauchi, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Munehiko ^a   Sohda, Yoshio ^a   Koga, Ayako ^a   Tominaga, Kohji ^a   Egawa, Takashi ^a   Kataoka, Yasufumi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forced exercise; Menopausal flushing; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; PELANIN DEPOT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HOT FLUSH; LOCOMOTION; MENOPAUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RUNNING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL;

EID: 24744440569     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0050046     Document Type: Article

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