Estrogen regulates myogenic tone in pressurized cerebral arteries by enhanced basal release of nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Skarsgard, Peter ^a   Van Breemen, Cornelis ^a   Laher, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Cerebral circulation; Endothelium; Vasoprotection; Wall tension

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

EID: 33751264957     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.5.h2248     Document Type: Article

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