Reduced baroreflex sensitivity in elderly humans is not due to efferent autonomic dysfunction

Clinical Science

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-110

  O'Mahony, D ^a,c   Bennett, C ^a   Green, A ^b   Sinclair, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular; Sympathetic; Vagus function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; COGNITION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

EID: 0033967116     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0980103     Document Type: Article

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