Baroreflex stimulation shows impaired cardiovagal and preserved vasomotor function in early-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-144

  Hilz, Max J ^a   Hecht, Martin J ^a   Mittelhamm, Felix ^a   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a   Brown, Clive M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALS; Autonomic dysfunction; Baroreflex; Life expectancy; Neck suction

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; VAGUS REFLEX; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BAROREFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036762427     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608202760834148     Document Type: Article

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