Sex hormone modulation of serotonin-induced coronary vasodilation in isolated heart

The present study was designed to evaluate the differences in the coronary vasodilator actions of serotonin (5-HT) in isolated heart obtained from naive or castrated male and female rats that were treated with either estrogen or testosterone. Hearts from 12 groups of rats were used: male and female...

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Main Authors: M.R. Moysés, L.A. Barker, A.M. Cabral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2001-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000700014