Frequency and amplitude of sympathetic discharges by baroreflexes during hypoxia in conscious rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Malpas, Simon C ^a,b   Bendle, Robert D ^a   Head, Geoffrey A ^a   Ricketts, James H ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

baroreceptors; heart rate; sigmoidal curve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0030458343     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.6.h2563     Document Type: Article

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