Local oestrogenic/androgenic balance in the cerebral vasculature

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Krause, D N ^a   Duckles, S P ^a   Gonzales, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Androgen; Cerebral circulation; Endothelium; Oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; THROMBOXANE A2;

ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051672945     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02323.x     Document Type: Review

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