Carotid baroreflex function during and following voluntary apnea in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 6 54-6, 2003, Pages

  Swift, N Muenter ^a,b   Cutler, M J ^a   Fadel, P J ^a   Wasmund, W L ^a   Ogoh, S ^a   Keller, D M ^a   Raven, P B ^a   Smith, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Heart rate; Neck pressure; Neck suction; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0345303839     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00139.2003     Document Type: Article

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