Effects of oral contraceptives on sympathetic nerve activity during orthostatic stress in young, healthy women

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^a   Klein, Jenna C ^a   Schwartz, Christopher E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; DROSPIRENONE PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; KARIVA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ANDROSTENES; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DESOGESTREL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORETHINDRONE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PROGESTERONE; REST; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549100198     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00554.2009     Document Type: Article

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