Women have lower tonic autonomic support of arterial blood pressure and less effective baroreflex buffering than men

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 494-498

  Christou, Demetra D ^a   Jones, Pamela Parker ^a   Jordan, Jens ^c   Diedrich, André ^d   Robertson, David ^d   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Nervous system, autonomic; Sex

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; TRIMETAPHAN;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BOLUS INJECTION; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRIMETHAPHAN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 13444270563     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000153864.24034.A6     Document Type: Article

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