DCEBIO-mediated dilations are attenuated in the female rat middle cerebral artery

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Sokoya, Elke M ^a   You, Junping ^a   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Gender; Membrane potential; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLORO 1 ETHYL 1,3 DIHYDRO 2H BENZIMIDAZOL 2 ONE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34247151237     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099630     Document Type: Article

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