Gender differences in endothelium-dependent relaxations do not involve NO in porcine coronary arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Barber, Dustan A ^a   Miller, Virginia M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Eicosanoids; Estrogen; Nitric oxide synthase; Prostacyclin; Thromboxane

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRADYKININ; BRIMONIDINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; ICOSANOID; INDOMETACIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTANOID; SEX HORMONE; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33751301081     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.5.h2325     Document Type: Article

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