Influence of gender and sex hormones on 5α-dihydrotestosterone elicited effect in isolated left atria of rats: Role of β-adrenoceptors and ornithine decarboxylase activity

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 604, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 103-110

  Bordallo, Javier ^a,b   Secades, Lorena ^a   Bordallo, Carmen ^a,b   Cantabrana, Begoña ^a,b   Sánchez, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

adrenoceptors; 5 dihydrotestosterone; Androgens; Atria; cAMP; Heart; Ornithine decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PERFORMANCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; CASTRATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYCLIC AMP; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58949100097     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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