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Cardiovascular Research
Adrenaline-driven cardiovascular response may have underlying gender-specific traits
March 23rd, 2006
Cardiovascular response to adrenaline may be predominantly alpha-adrenergic in premenopausal women, and predominantly beta-adrenergic in age-matched men. Scientists at Radboud University in Nijmegen noted, "Cardiovascular responsiveness to stress conditions differs between men and women. It is not known to what extent this observation is explained by differences in the release of stress hormones like adrenaline, or by differences in the response to adrenaline." "Therefore," explained, B.J. Schouwenberg and colleagues, "we quantified the hemodynamic response to infusion of adrenaline (0.04, 0.06, and 0.08 mcg x kg1 x min-1 for 20...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-23)
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