Androgens and the cerebrovasculature: Modulation of vascular function during normal and pathophysiological conditions

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 465, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 627-642

  Gonzales, Rayna J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Androgen; Cerebral circulation; Endothelium; Estrogen; Vascular inflammation; Vascular smooth muscle; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

3BETA ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEX HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84878013185     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1267-3     Document Type: Review

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