Testosterone negatively regulates right ventricular load stress responses in mice

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-358

  Hemnes, Anna R ^a   Maynard, Karen B ^a   Champion, Hunter C ^b   Gleaves, Linda ^a   Penner, Niki ^a   West, James ^a   Newman, John H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; Sex hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879332558     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.101647     Document Type: Article

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