Cardiovascular and autonomic responses to lower body negative pressure: Do not explain gender differences in orthostatic tolerance

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-44

  Franke, Warren D ^a   Johnson, Christopher P ^a,b   Steinkamp, Julie A ^a   Wang, Renwei ^a   Halliwill, John R ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Orthostasis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CATECHOLAMINES; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0038708121     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-003-0066-x     Document Type: Article

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