Sex-related differences in nitric oxide content in healthy and hypertensive rats at rest and under stress conditions
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 142 (1) , 9-11
Abstract
Immobilization was followed by an increase in blood NO concentration in male and female rats. After renovascular hypertension modelingblood pressure was higher and the decrease in nitric oxide concentration was more pronounced in males than in females. The levels of nitric oxide in healthy and hypertensive females at rest and during stress were higher than in males. These specific features probably contribute to higher resistance of the cardiovascular system in females to pathological changes.Keywords
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