Influence of the menstrual cycle on nonlinear properties of heart rate variability in young women

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bai, Xiaopeng ^a   Li, Jingxiu ^a   Zhou, Lingqi ^a   Li, Xueqi ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Complexity measures; Ovarian hormones; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; PROGESTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROGESTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049120078     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01283.2008     Document Type: Article

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