Acute estradiol and progesterone administration reduced cardiovascular and catecholamine responses to mental stress in menopausal women

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 269-274

  Del Rio, Graziano ^a,d   Velardo, Antonino ^b   Menozzi, Renata ^b   Zizzo, Giuseppe ^b   Tavernari, Valeria ^b   Venneri, Maria Grazia ^a   Marrama, Paolo ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^c  

^a Cattedra di Malattie del Metabolismo   (Italy)

^b Cattedra di Endocrinologia   (Italy)

^c Dip Materno Infantile   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Gonadal steroids; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTRADIOL; GLYCEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CATECHOLAMINES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031979756     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054322     Document Type: Article

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