Arterial and cardiopulmonary baroreflexes in 60- to 69- vs. 18- to 36- yr-old humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1903-1910

  Shi, Xiangrong ^a,b   Gallagher, Kevin M ^a   Welch O'Connor, Rita M ^a   Foresman, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; central hypovolemia; central venous pressure; forearm vascular resistance; gain; interaction; lower body negative pressure; peripheral venous pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOVOLEMIA; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030015922     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.6.1903     Document Type: Article

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