Male castration increases neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity in the rat mesenteric artery through protein kinase C activation

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 526-534

  Blanco Rivero, Javier ^a   Balfagón, Gloria ^a   Ferrer, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical field stimulation; Male sex hormones; Neuronal nitric oxide; nNOS activity; Protein kinase C; Rat mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

12 (2 CYANOETHYL) 6,7,12,13 TETRAHYDRO 13 METHYL 5 OXOINDOLO[2,3 A]PYRROLO[3,4 C]CARBAZOLE; CALPHOSTIN C; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NAPHTHALENES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHORBOL 12,13-DIBUTYRATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 27344446548     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088342     Document Type: Article

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