Diazepam reduces both arterial blood pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity in human

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Kitajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kanbayashi, Takashi ^b   Saito, Yasushi ^b   Takahashi, Yuji ^b   Ogawa, Yuriko ^b   Sugiyama, Tomonari ^b   Kaneko, Yoshihiko ^b   Aizawa, Rika ^b   Shimizu, Tetsuo ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Benzodiazepines; Diazepam; Healthy male; Human; Hypotensive effect; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INNERVATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0346654132     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.10.054     Document Type: Article

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