Raloxifene improves vascular reactivity in pressurized septal coronary arteries of ovariectomized hamsters fed cholesterol diet

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-188

  Chan, Yau Chi ^a   Leung, Fung Ping ^a   Tian, Xiao Yu ^a   Yung, Lai Ming ^a   Lau, Chi Wai ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a   Yao, Xiaoqiang ^a   Laher, Ismail ^b   Huang, Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hamster; Myogenic constriction; Ovariectomy; Raloxifene; Septal coronary arteries

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RALOXIFENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESSURE DIAMETER RELATIONSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY VESSELS; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; LIPASE; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OVARIECTOMY; RALOXIFENE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84856019163     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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