Menstrual cycle alters sympathetic neural responses to orthostatic stress in young, eumenorrheic women

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^a   Lawrence, Johnathan E ^a   Klein, Jenna C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Baroreflex; Estrogen; Lower body negative pressure; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; LUTEAL PHASE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650091174     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00019.2009     Document Type: Article

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