A new piece in the hypertension puzzle: central blood pressure regulation by sex steroids

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009 Nov;297(5):H1583-4. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00901.2009. Epub 2009 Oct 2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Blood Pressure*
  • Estrogens / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / enzymology
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Hypertension / prevention & control*
  • Male
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I / metabolism
  • Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / enzymology
  • Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Estrogen / metabolism*
  • Sex Factors
  • Subfornical Organ / enzymology
  • Subfornical Organ / metabolism*
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • Estrogens
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I