Effect of menstrual cycle on thermal perception and autonomic thermoregulatory responses during mild cold exposure
Matsuda-Nakamura M, Yasuhara S, Nagashima K
The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 33 citations
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- 2015-03-11 · J Physiol Sci · vol. 65 · issue 4 · pp. 339–347
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- BioMed Central
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- 44 citations · more than 89% of similar papers · 2.6× the field average
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- 30 works
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- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Infrared Thermography in Medicine · Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Keywords
- Luteal phase, Menstrual cycle, Follicular phase, Core temperature, Thermal sensation, Skin temperature, Thermoregulation, Medicine, Core (optical fiber), Internal medicine, Chemistry, Endocrinology, Physiology, Thermal comfort, Materials science, Thermodynamics, Physics, Biomedical engineering
- MeSH
- autonomic nervous system, humans, hormones, perception, body temperature regulation, skin temperature, menstrual cycle, follicular phase, luteal phase, female, hemodynamics, cold temperature, young adult
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- Mayumi Matsuda‐Nakamura · correspondingWaseda University
- Saki YasuharaWaseda University
- Kei NagashimaWaseda University
Abstract
We investigated the effects of menstrual cycle phase on thermal sensation, thermal pleasantness, and autonomic thermoregulatory responses during mild cold exposure. Eight healthy young women participated. Experiments were conducted in the follicular and luteal phases: 120 min exposure at 23.5 °C after 40-min at a baseline temperature of 29 °C. Body core temperature was higher (P = 0.01) in the luteal phase than in the follicular phase. Thermal sensation of the whole body (P = 0.59), hands (P = 0.46), and toes (P = 0.94), and thermal pleasantness of the whole body (P = 0.79) were no different between phases. In both phases, mean skin temperature decreased (P = 0.00) in the same manner without any change in metabolic rate (P = 0.90). These results suggest the change of body core temperature in the menstrual cycle phases has no effect on thermal perception of cold or on autonomic cold-defense response.
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