Female protection from slow-pressor effects of angiotensin II involves prevention of ROS production independent of NMDA receptor trafficking in hypothalamic neurons expressing angiotensin 1A receptors

Synapse

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 148-165

  Marques Lopes, Jose ^a   Lynch, Mary Katherine ^a   Van Kempen, Tracey A ^a   Waters, Elizabeth M ^b   Wang, Gang ^a   Iadecola, Costantino ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a,b  

^a FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Blood pressure; Paraventricular nucleus; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1A RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; GPRIN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUSION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DENDRITES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84921323198     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21800     Document Type: Article

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