Why the study?
Are there gender-related differences in muscle sympathetic nerve activity and blood flow in normal subjects?
Are there gender-related differences in muscle sympathetic nerve activity and blood flow in normal subjects?
Women exhibit lower central sympathetic neural output and a blunted vasoconstrictor response compared to men, providing a potential physiological mechanism for their lower incidence of cardiovascular events.
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May explain lower CV event rates in women; hypothesis-generating for sex differences in sympathetic regulation.
Hogarth et al. (2007) studied this question.
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