Sex-related differences in autonomic modulation of heart rate in middle- aged subjects

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 122-125

  Huikuri, Heikki V ^a   Pikkujämsä, Sirkku M ^a   Airaksinen, K E Juhani ^a   Ikäheimo, Markku J ^a   Rantala, Asko O ^a   Kauma, Heikki ^a   Lilja, Mauno ^a   Kesäniemi, Y Antero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

heart rate; hormones; sex

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029897055     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.2.122     Document Type: Article

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