Gender affects calf venous compliance at rest and during baroreceptor unloading in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 3 55-3, 2004, Pages

  Monahan, Kevin D ^a,b   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Orthostasis; Veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STRESS; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VEIN COMPLIANCE;

EID: 1342283079     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00719.2003     Document Type: Article

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