Sex, ageing and resting blood pressure: Gaining insights from the integrated balance of neural and haemodynamic factors

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2069-2079

  Hart, Emma C ^a,b   Joyner, Michael J ^a,b   Wallin, B Gunnar ^b,c   Charkoudian, Nisha ^b,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; AGING; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GENDER; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84860323195     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.224642     Document Type: Article

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