Effects of unilateral and bilateral carotid baroreflex stimulation on cardiac and neural sympathetic discharge oscillatory patterns

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 717-723

  Furlan, Raffaello ^a,f   Diedrich, André ^c   Rimoldi, Alexandra ^a   Palazzolo, Laura ^a   Porta, Cesare ^b   Diedrich, Laura ^c   Harris, Paul A ^d   Sleight, Peter ^e   Biagioni, Italo ^c   Robertson, David ^c   Bernardi, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Carotid arteries; Nervous system; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERONEAL NERVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0041662058     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000084540.91605.0C     Document Type: Article

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