Neural and nonneural mechanisms for sex differences in elderly hypertension: Can exercise training help?

Hypertension

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 787-794

  Fu, Qi ^a,b   Vongpatanasin, Wanpen ^c   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEX HORMONE; TRACER;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 55949107297     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.118927     Document Type: Review

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