Sex differences in limb vasoconstriction responses to increases in transmural pressures

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lott, Mary E J ^a   Hogeman, Cindy ^a   Herr, Michael ^a   Bhagat, Monica ^a   Sinoway, Lawrence I ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Gender; Myogenic response; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149484796     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00248.2008     Document Type: Article

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