Estrogen replacement therapy improves baroreflex regulation of vascular sympathetic outflow in postmenopausal women

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2909-2914

  Hunt, Brian E ^a,b,c   Taylor, J Andrew ^a,b,c   Hamner, Jason W ^a   Gagnon, Margaret ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b,c  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Baroreceptors; Blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; NEUROGRAPHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0035912919     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.24.2909     Document Type: Article

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