Gender does not influence sympathetic neural reactivity to stress in healthy humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 39-1, 1996, Pages

  Jones, Pamela Parker ^a   Spraul, Maximillian ^b   Matt, Kathleen S ^b   Seals, Douglas R ^b   Skinner, James S ^b   Ravussin, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cold pressor; isometric exercise; mental stress; microneurography; muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030043366     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.1.h350     Document Type: Article

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