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Furthermore, we hypothesized that the nocturnal fall in blood pressure (BP) (\u201cdipping\u201d), which is sympathetically mediated, also varied with the ovarian cycle. In 23 healthy females (13 OCP users, 10 age-matched, no OCPs), SNA was recorded (microneurography) at rest, during BR activation\/deactivation, and cold pressor test (CPT) during low and high hormonal phases. Furthermore, 24-h BP monitoring was performed during low and high hormonal phases. SNA was lower during the low vs. high hormone phase in non-OCP users (17.3 \u00b1 2.4 vs. 25.4 \u00b1 3.2 bursts\/min, P &lt; 0.001) but was not different between phases in OCP users [15.5 \u00b1 1.7 vs. 16.6 \u00b1 2.0 bursts\/min, P = not significant (NS)]. BR control of SNA was not different during the hormone phases in either group [SNA (total activity\/min) mean slope %change from baseline, no OCP users, low vs. high hormone phase 35.4 \u00b1 6.2 vs. 29.6 \u00b1 3.4%, P = NS and OCP users, low vs. high hormone phase 35.7 \u00b1 3.9 vs. 33.5 \u00b1 3.5%, P = NS]. SNA activation during CPT was not impacted by hormonal phase or OCP use. Finally, nondipping was not different between OCP users and nonusers, although there was a trend for nondipping to occur more frequently in the OCP users. SNA varies during the ovarian cycle in women in the absence of OCPs. 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