Influence of progestin bioactivity on cutaneous vascular responses to passive heating

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Houghton, Belinda L ^a   Holowatz, Lacy A ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Nitric oxide; Progesterone; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTREL; GESOGESTREL; GESTAGEN; MESTRANOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORETHISTERONE; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORTHOCEPT; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; RINGER SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUTH; PILL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PLACEBOS; PROGESTINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 11344286284     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000150075.81511.FE     Document Type: Article

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