Endogenous and exogenous female sex hormones and renal electrolyte handling: Effects of an acute sodium load on plasma volume at rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Sims, Stacy T ^a,b   Rehrer, Nancy J ^a   Bell, Melanie L ^a   Cotter, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrate; Estradiol; Hyperhydration; Hypervolemia; Oral contraceptive pill; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ARGIPRESSIN; ELECTROLYTE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; HORMONE; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BICYCLE; BODY WATER; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLICULAR PHASE; KIDNEY; LUTEAL PHASE; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BICYCLING; BODY WATER; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ELECTROLYTES; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEVONORGESTREL; LUTEAL PHASE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLASMA VOLUME; PROGESTINS; REST; SODIUM;

EID: 50649106877     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01331.2007     Document Type: Article

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