Sympathetic control of BP and BP variability in borderline hypertensive rats on high- vs. low-salt diet

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 3 46-3, 1999, Pages

  Brown, David R ^a,b   Li, Sheng Gang ^b   Lawler, James E ^c   Randall, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Behavioral stress; Blood pressure reactivity; Borderline hypertension; Classical conditioning; Pavlovian conditioning; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALT INTAKE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032852063     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.3.r650     Document Type: Article

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