Sympathetic Vascular Transduction Across the Menopause Transition: Contributing Mechanisms

Inclusion Criteria: * Assigned female at birth * 18-70 years of age * Body mass index (BMI) \<30 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Assigned male at birth * Pregnancy, breastfeeding * Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 * Oral hormonal contraception in last 6 months, history of hormone replacement therapy, oophorectomy * Current smoking/nicotine use * Increased risk of bleeding, pro-coagulant disorders, clotting disorders, anticoagulation therapy * Nerve/neurologic disease * Cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory disease * Blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg * Diabetes, Polycystic ovarian syndrome * Communicat…