Single dose nasal 17beta-estradiol administration reduces sympathovagal balance to the heart in postmenopausal women

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-411

  Kaya, Dayimi ^a   Cevrioglu, Serhan ^a   Onrat, Ersel ^a   Fenkci, Ibrahim V ^a   Yilmazer, Mehmet ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Heart rate variability (HRV); Menopause; Sympathovagal balance

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0842346758     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1341-8076.2003.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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