Why the study?
Does 24-hour total sleep deprivation alter blood pressure and sympathetic neural responses differently in healthy men and women?
Does 24-hour total sleep deprivation alter blood pressure and sympathetic neural responses differently in healthy men and women?
Total sleep deprivation increases blood pressure in both sexes but alters resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity and sympathetic baroreflex function only in men.
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BP rises after acute sleep deprivation in both sexes; extends evidence of sex-dimorphic sympathetic responses.
Carter et al. (2012) studied this question.
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