Testosterone is associated with the cardiovascular autonomic response to a stressor in healthy men

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 184-191

  Ramesh, Sharanya ^a,b   Wilton, Stephen B ^a,b   Holroyd Leduc, Jayna M ^a   Turin, Tanvir C ^a   Sola, Darlene Y ^b   Ahmed, Sofia B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Kidney Disease Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic tone; Heart rate variability; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN II; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84928007291     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2014.933966     Document Type: Article

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