Aging enhances autonomic support of blood pressure in women

Hypertension

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-308

  Barnes, Jill N ^a   Hart, Emma C ^a   Curry, Timothy B ^a   Nicholson, Wayne T ^a   Eisenach, John H ^a   Wallin, B Gunnar ^b   Charkoudian, Nisha ^c   Joyner, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

blood pressure; menopause; sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NORADRENALIN; TRIMETAPHAN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84892944558     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02393     Document Type: Article

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