Cardiovascular sex differences influencing microvascular exchange

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-242

  Huxley, Virginia H ^a,b   Wang, Jianjie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Microvessel permeability; Reproductive hormones; Sexual dimorphism; Volume regulatory hormones

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; ESTROGEN; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANATOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROVASCULATURE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY FLUID; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFANT; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FLUIDS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KINETICS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954337262     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq142     Document Type: Review

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