title: [Digital plethysmogram in women with climacteric disturbance after cold-water challenge test and effect of estrogen].
abstract: Immediately after a cold-water challenge test (C-W test) the pulse height to the digital plethysmogram descended (descent wave: D wave), and a congestion wave (C wave) occurred after the D wave. Then the recovery wave (R wave) continued after the C wave. The effects of estrogen on the digital plethysmogram under the C-W test are as follows. (1) The D wave was less than 25% in young women and women without climacteric disturbance. (2) The recovery rate of the C wave in young women was better than in climacteric women without climacteric disturbance. (3) The before value for A1B'1/B'1C1 in the C-W test of young women was 1.0, and the other values during the C-W test did not change significantly compared with the before values. (4) U-time rose only temporarily in the former case. In addition the recovery rate of the R wave after the administration of premarin in women with climacteric disturbance was 19.3%, and this was a significant improvement over the cases without administration. The recovery rate of the R wave in the same women after the administration of premarin and cercine increased to 48.3% (p less than 0.01). These data suggested that estrogen may be able to control the function of the autonomic nervous system in climacteric woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoshiai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumasaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002979:Climacteric; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004967:Estrogens / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004966:Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010991:Plethysmography
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D004966:Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)