Greater beta-adrenergic receptor mediated vasodilation in women using oral contraceptives

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Limberg, Jacqueline K ^a   Peltonen, Garrett L ^a   Johansson, Rebecca E ^a   Harrell, John W ^a   Kellawan, Jeremy M ^a   Eldridge, Marlowe W ^a,b   Sebranek, Joshua J ^b   Walker, Benjamin J ^b   Schrage, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelium dependent vasodilation; Isoproterenol; Neural control; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FOREARM VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84977603599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00215     Document Type: Article

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