Chronic-intermittent hypoxia: A model of sympathetic activation in the rat

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 173-184

  Sica, Anthony L ^a   Greenberg, Harly E ^a   Ruggiero, David A ^b,c   Scharf, Steven M ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c Neurological Research Institute of Lubec   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure, systemic hypertension, hypoxia; Brainstem, sympathetic nervous system; Hypertension, systemic, chronic intermittent hypoxia, sleep apnea; Hypoxia, chronic intermittent, hypertension; Sleep, apnea, hypertension; Sympathetic nervous system, hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL MODEL; APNEA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0033841946     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(00)00126-2     Document Type: Article

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