Is the RVLM a key site for sex-related differences in blood pressure regulation?Focus on “Sex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla,” by Wang et al.

Abstract

it is well known that arterial blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases is higher in men than in age-matched premenopausal women, although after menopause these differences are reduced or even reversed ([10][1]). It is likely that many factors contribute to