Sex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Gang ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a,b   Speth, Robert C ^c   Gore, Andrea C ^d   Wu, Di ^d   Iadecola, Costantino ^a   Pierce, Joseph P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 neurons; Calcium channel; Estrogen; NADPH oxidase; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; PROTEIN P47; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LOSARTAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NADPH OXIDASE; NEURONS; NIFEDIPINE; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 57349130966     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90485.2008     Document Type: Article

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