Sex, hormones and neuroeffector mechanisms

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-165

  Hart, E C ^a   Charkoudian, N ^a   Miller, V M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Baroreflex; Female; Male; Noradrenaline; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CATECHOL ESTROGEN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3 METHYL ETHER; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EFFECTOR CELL; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIGRAINE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PREMENOPAUSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRY GENE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 80051617607     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02192.x     Document Type: Article

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