First-order differential-delay equation for the baroreflex predicts the 0.4-Hz blood pressure rhythm in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Burgess, Don E ^a   Hundley, Jon C ^a   Sheng Gang, L I ^b   Randall, David C ^b,c   Brown, David R ^c  

^a Asbury College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Stability; Sympathetic drive

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0031413421     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.6.r1878     Document Type: Article

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