Blood pressure and water regulation: Understanding sex hormone effects within and between men and women

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5949-5961

  Wenner, Megan M ^a,b   Stachenfeld, Nina S ^a,b  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GANIRELIX; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN; LEUPRORELIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FLUID; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FLUID BALANCE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; WATER METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WATER; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84870382533     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.236752     Document Type: Review

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