Estrogen dependence of the renal vasodilatory effect of nicotine in rats: Role of α7 nicotinic cholinergic receptor/eNOS signaling

Life Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 187-193

  El Mas, Mahmoud M ^a   El Gowilly, Sahar M ^a   Gohar, Eman Y ^a   Ghazal, Abdel Rheem M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gender; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha7; Nitric oxide synthase type III; Rat; Renal vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; ISOLATED KIDNEY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 79251645106     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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