Human obesity is characterized by a selective potentiation of central chemoreflex sensitivity

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1153-1158

  Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Pesek, Catherine A ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreceptors; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Obesity; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032895207     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.5.1153     Document Type: Article

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