Modulation of aortic vascular reactivity by sex hormones in a male rat model of metabolic syndrome

Life Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2170-2180

  Torres, Israel Pérez ^a   Hafidi, Mohammed El ^a   Zamora González, José ^a   Infante, Oscar ^a   Chavira, Roberto ^b   Baños, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome in sucrose fed male rats; Sex hormones; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NORADRENALIN; SUCROSE; TAP WATER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; THORACIC AORTA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTRADIOL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUCROSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34248530190     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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