Sex-related decrease in [Ca2+]i signaling and Ca 2+-dependent contraction in inferior vena cava of female rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Xia, Yin ^a   Khalil, Raouf A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Sex hormones; Vascular smooth muscle; Vein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FURA 2; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 73549092267     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00465.2009     Document Type: Article

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