Age and gender dependency of baroreflex sensitivity in healthy subjects

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 576-583

  Laitinen, Tomi ^a   Hartikainen, Juha ^a   Vanninen, Esko ^a   Niskanen, Leo ^a   Geelen, Ghislaine ^b   Länsimies, Esko ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous function; Baroreceptor reflex; Blood pressure; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ARGIPRESSIN; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; RENIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0031891757     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.2.576     Document Type: Article

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