Autonomic control of body temperature and blood pressure: influences of female sex hormones

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 149-155

  Charkoudian, Nisha ^a   Hart, Emma C J ^b   Barnes, Jill N ^c   Joyner, Michael J ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Sex differences; Sympathetic nerve activity; Thermoregulation; Women

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BARO REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85019119967     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: 16191560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-017-0420-z     Document Type: Review

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