Role of aromatase in sex-specific cerebrovascular endothelial function in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Zuloaga, Kristen L ^a   Davis, Catherine M ^a   Zhang, Wenri ^a   Alkayed, Nabil J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; CYP19; Endothelial; Sex differences; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; IODOANTIPYRINE AUTORADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL MICROANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE PERFUSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

AROMATASE; CYP19; ENDOTHELIAL; SEX DIFFERENCES; VASCULAR;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84900561538     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00698.2013     Document Type: Article

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