Sex- and menstrual cycle-related differences in sweating and cutaneous blood flow in response to passive heat exposure

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-332

  Inoue, Yoshimitsu ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiko ^a   Omori, Kaori ^a   Kuwahara, Tomoko ^a,b   Ogura, Yukio ^a   Ueda, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a OSAKA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Shin ai College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous vasodilation; Menstrual cycle; Sweating; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; SWEATING; VASODILATION;

EID: 20344368001     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1303-2     Document Type: Article

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