Gender affects sympathetic and hemodynamic response to postural stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 5 50-5, 2001, Pages

  Shoemaker, J Kevin ^a   Hogeman, Cynthia S ^b   Khan, Mazhar ^b   Kimmerly, Derek S ^a   Sinoway, Lawrence I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Circulation; Nervous system; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CIRCULATION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TILT TABLE TEST; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0035200766     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.5.h2028     Document Type: Article

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