Age and ovariectomy abolish beneficial effects of female sex on rat ventricular myocytes exposed to simulated ischemia and reperfusion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ross, Jenna L ^a   Howlett, Susan E ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ESTROGEN; TRYPAN BLUE; CALCIUM; FURA 2;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAM PROCEDURE; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FISCHER 344 RAT; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FURA-2; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX FACTORS; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 84862013849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038425     Document Type: Article

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