New insights into the effects of age and sex on arterial baroreflex function at rest and during dynamic exercise in humans

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Fisher, James P ^a   Kim, Areum ^b   Hartwich, Doreen ^a   Fadel, Paul J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial baroreceptors; Blood pressure; Carotid baroreflex; Estrogen; Ovarian hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGE FACTORS; ARTERIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84870717106     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.10.013     Document Type: Review

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