Pinacidil relaxing effect on phenylephrine-precontracted guinea pig aorta was abolished by pretreatment with 17-β-estradiol

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-118

  Kocic, I ^a,b   Gruchala Niedoszytko, M ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Estrogen; Guinea pig heart; Pinacidil; Potassium channels; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ESTRADIOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PINACIDIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA; ESTRADIOL; GUINEA PIGS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PINACIDIL;

EID: 61449141332     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.117     Document Type: Article

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