Hot flashes and cardiac vagal control during women's daily lives

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 406-412

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Christie, Israel C ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Hot flashes; Hot flushes; Menopause; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF REPORT; VAGUS TONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGUS NERVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84859337148     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182337166     Document Type: Article

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