Menopausal hot flashes: Mechanisms, endocrinology, treatment

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-120

  Freedman, Robert R ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flashes; Menopause; Sleep; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CLONIDINE; ESCITALOPRAM; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GESTAGEN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PAROXETINE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TAMOXIFEN; VENLAFAXINE;

ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIZZINESS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EXERCISE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPOTENSION; IMAGING; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; MEASUREMENT; MENOPAUSAL HOT FLASH; MENOPAUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; REVIEW; RISK; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION; XEROSTOMIA;

HOT FLASHES; MENOPAUSE; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONIDINE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SLEEP; SWEATING;

EID: 84899926634     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.08.010     Document Type: Review

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