Protective actions of estrogen on angiotensin II-induced hypertension: Role of central nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Xue, Baojian ^a   Singh, Minati ^a   Guo, Fang ^a   Hay, Meredith ^d   Johnson, Alan Kim ^a,b,c  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Nitric oxide nitric oxide synthase; Sex hormone

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; N 2 (LEVO IMINO 3 BUTENYL)LEVO ORNITHINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; TELEMETRY; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HEXAMETHONIUM; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INFUSIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; ORCHIECTOMY; ORNITHINE; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 70350457551     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00502.2009     Document Type: Article

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