Menstrual cycle effects on sympathetic neural responses to upright tilt

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2019-2031

  Fu, Qi ^a,b   Okazaki, Kazunobu ^a   Shibata, Shigeki ^a,b   Shook, Robin P ^a   Vangunday, Tiffany B ^a   Galbreath, M Melyn ^a,b   Reelick, Miriam F ^a   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTRADIOL; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILTING; VALSALVA MANEUVER; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 65449123484     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.168468     Document Type: Article

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