Use of microneurography to evaluate sympathetic activity in hypertension: A brief review

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Yucha, Carolyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Laboratory stress testing; Microneurography; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034030209     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009537506603     Document Type: Article

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