Gender differences in microcirculation: Observation using the hamster cheek pouch

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1537-1542

  Panazzolo, Diogo Guarnieri ^a   Alves da Silva, Lucia Henriques ^a   Garcia de Almeida Cyrino, Fátima Zely ^a   Sicuro, Fernando Lencastre ^a   Kraemer Aguiar, Luiz Guilherme ^a   Bouskela, Eliete ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Hamster cheek pouch; Macromolecular permeability; Microcirculation; Microvascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTROGEN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ADHESION; CHEEK; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ADHESION; CHEEK; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892748192     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(12)10     Document Type: Article

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