Endothelium-dependent and independent enhancement of vascular contractility in the ovariectomized rabbit

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 272-279

  Koga, Miho ^b   Hirano, Katsuya ^b   Nishimura, Junji ^b   Nakano, Hitoo ^b   Kanaide, Hideo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

contraction; endothelial cells; Estrogen; mesenteric artery; rabbit

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; CALCIUM ION; ESTRADIOL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OVARIECTOMY; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS;

EID: 3042680220     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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