Testosterone plays an important role in mediating hypertension and altered vascular reactivity associated with insulin resistance. In addition to other pathways, testosterone-dependent changes in aortic cyclooxygenase (COX-2) mRNA levels affect blood pressure following insulin resistance. However their effects on vascular tone are unclear. We studied the changes in contraction response to pheny...

We present 870 $\mu$m ALMA polarization observations of thermal dust emission from the iconic, edge-on debris disk $\beta$ Pic. While spatially resolved map does not exhibit detectable polarized emission, we detect at $\sim$3$\sigma$ level when averaging across entire disk. The corresponding fraction is $P_\textrm{frac}$ = $0.51 \pm 0.19$%. position angle $\chi$ aligned with minor axis disk, as...

The present study examines the hormonal regulation male-specific cytochrome P-450g (IIC13) and its mRNA. Neonatal gonadectomy of male rats abolished hepatic expression of P-450g and its mRNA in adulthood, while ovariectomy had little effect. Neonatal administration of testosterone to neonatally gonadectomized male or female rats partially masculinized expression of P-450g and its mRNA, and post...

The effects of spinal cord injury (SCI), combined with castration and adrenalectomy, and of progesterone (PROG) treatment on neurosteroid levels and steroidogenic enzyme expression were investigated in the adult male rat spinal cord (SC). Steroid levels were quantified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in SC and plasma, and mRNAs of enzymes by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. The levels of ...