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Key points
The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) may contribute to sex‐based differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) based on overactivation of the sympathetic nervous system observed in sedentary male rats; however, the added influence of the reproductive cycle in females is currently unknown.
To our knowledge this is the first study to demonstrate greater increases in sympathetic nerve...