Effect of menstrual cycle on thermal perception and autonomic thermoregulatory responses during mild cold exposure
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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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Skin temperature and peripheral blood flow decreased similarly during exposure to the cooler air in both phases of the menstrual cycle.
“Skin temperature and peripheral blood flow also decreased similarly during exposure to the cooler air in both phases of the menstrual cycle.”
From Temperature regulation in women: Effects of the menstrual cycle (2020) · cites this paper as [121]
In all studies the difference in core body temperature between the luteal and follicular phases is maintained during exposure to heat.
“Nevertheless, despite this variability, in all studies the difference in core body temperature between the luteal and follicular phases is maintained during exposure to heat [121,125].”
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Matsuda-Nakamura et al. found that thermal perception did not differ between the luteal and follicular phases when young healthy women were exposed to a mildly cool environment.
“In contrast, Matsuda-Nakamura and colleagues [121] found that thermal perception did not differ between the luteal and follicular phases when young health women were exposed to a mildly cool environment.”
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- Authors
- Matsuda-Nakamura, M., Yasuhara, S., & Nagashima, K.
- Affiliations
- Waseda University (JP)
- ORCID
- Nagashima, Kei
- Venue
- The Journal of Physiological Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 339-347
- ISSN
- 1880-6546 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10717610
- OpenAlex
- W2027648194
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 3.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Journal of Physiological Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20390066)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Keywords
- menstrual cycle, follicular phase, luteal phase, thermal sensation, autonomic thermoregulation, cold exposure, core body temperature, skin temperature, metabolic rate, women
- MeSH terms
- Autonomic Nervous System, Body Temperature Regulation, Cold Temperature, Female, Follicular Phase, Hemodynamics, Hormones, Humans, Luteal Phase, Menstrual Cycle, Perception, Skin Temperature, Young Adult
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