The sympathetic control of blood pressure

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 335-346

  Guyenet, Patrice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN II; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OREXIN; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOPRESSIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMAFFIN CELL; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMORECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33745712914     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1902     Document Type: Review

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