17β-Oestradiol enhances aortic endothelium function and smooth muscle contraction in male spontaneously hypertensive rats

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 541-546

  Yen, Chia Hung ^a   Lau, Ying Tung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; Endothelium; Smooth muscle; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RING; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRADIOL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRATES; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 2942685813     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030334     Document Type: Article

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