Neurovascular control of blood pressure is influenced by aging, sex, and sex hormones

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 6, 2016, Pages R1271-R1275

  Baker, Sarah E ^a   Limberg, Jacqueline K ^a   Ranadive, Sushant M ^a   Joyner, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Blood pressure; Neural control of blood pressure; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

AGE; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 85007148056     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00288.2016     Document Type: Review

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