Gonadectomy and androgen replacement alter cardiac performance in conscious adult male rats

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 593-604

  Golden, Kish ^a   Collins, Heidi ^a   Loka, Alfred ^a   Dicarlo, Stephen ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; LV function; Sonomicrometers

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEMETRY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HEART; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 28444483933     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641960500298566     Document Type: Article

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