Decreased vascular reactivity to α1 adrenergic stimulation in the presence of hypothyroid state: A part of an adaptive response?

International Angiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-220

  Pantos, C ^a   Mourouzis, C ^a   Katramadou, M ^a   Saranteas, T ^a   Mourouzis, I ^a   Karageorgiou, H ^a   Tesseromatis, C ^a   Kostopanagiotou, G ^a   Asimacopoulos, P ^a   Cokkinos, D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adrenergic agents; Aorta; Hypothyroidism; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DRINKING WATER; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; THYROID HORMONES; VASODILATION;

EID: 33745894928     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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