Sympathetic nerve traffic correlates with the release of nitric oxide in humans: Implications for blood pressure control

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 501, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 671-675

  Skarphedinsson, Jon O ^a   Elam, Mikael ^a   Jungersten, Lennart ^a   Wallin, B Gunnar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENOUS BLOOD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMAN CELL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030757359     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.671bm.x     Document Type: Article

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