Reduced dietary fat intake increases parasympathetic activity in healthy premenopausal women

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 656-660

  Pellizzer, A M ^a   Straznicky, N E ^a   Lim, S ^b   Kamen, P W ^b   Krum, Henry ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Baroreflex; Lipids; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PROGNOSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREMENOPAUSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032790929     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03103.x     Document Type: Article

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