Sex differences and the effects of ovariectomy on the β-adrenergic contractile response

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  McIntosh, Victoria J ^a   Charukeshi Chandrasekera, P ^a   Lasley, Robert D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic; Adenosine receptor; Cardiac; Gender; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

8 (4 CHLOROPHENYLTHIO) CYCLIC AMP; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; ISOPRENALINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; FEMALE; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; OVARIECTOMY; PERFUSION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80052309391     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00711.2010     Document Type: Article

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