Sex differences in sympathetic neural and limb vascular reactivity to mental stress in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Huan ^a   Drummer, Thomas D ^a   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb blood flow; Mental stress; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CALF BLOOD FLOW; CALF VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FOREARM VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB VASCULAR REACTIVITY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873315432     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00688.2012     Document Type: Article

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