Pressor responsiveness to angiotensin II in female mice is enhanced with age: Role of the angiotensin type 2 receptor

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mirabito, Katrina M ^a   Hilliard, Lucinda M ^a   Head, Geoffrey A ^b   Widdop, Robert E ^a   Denton, Kate M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Angiotensin type 2 receptor; Females; Hypertension; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927719215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-014-0013-7     Document Type: Article

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