Altered neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the aging vascular system: Implications for estrogens therapy

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3940-3948

  Lekontseva, Olga ^a   Jiang, Yanyan ^a   Schleppe, Caitlyn ^a   Davidge, Sandra T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ESTRADIOL; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VASODILATATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDES; TYROSINE;

EID: 84864389666     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1071     Document Type: Article

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