Melatonin attenuates the sympathetic nerve responses to orthostatic stress in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1043-1048

  Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX; TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MELATONIN BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; THORACIC IMPEDANCE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MELATONIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0141646551     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.043182     Document Type: Article

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