Nonlinearities and asymmetries of the human cardiovagal baroreflex

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 5 57-5, 2005, Pages

  Hunt, Brian E ^a,b,d   Farquhar, William B ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d Totman 110 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Mathematical modeling; Modified Oxford; Sigmoid

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; VAGUS REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BAROREFLEX; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 17844406871     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00038.2004     Document Type: Article

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