The recruitment pattern of single vasoconstrictor neurons in human

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 26-34

  Tsukahara, Reiko ^a   Mano, Tadaaki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Recruitment order; Single unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEURONS; POSTURE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031563513     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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