Blood pressure response to chronic episodic hypoxia: Role of the sympathetic nervous system

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Bao, Gang ^b   Metreveli, Naira ^b   Li, Rena ^b   Taylor, Addison ^b   Fletcher, Eugene C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal demedullation; Hypertension; Renal denervation

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030738644     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.1.95     Document Type: Article

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