Probing the arterial baroreflex: Is there a 'spontaneous' baroreflex?

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-261

  Diaz, Tulio ^a   Taylor, J Andrew ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Sequence; Spectral

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BAROREFLEX; HUMANS;

EID: 33746448298     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-006-0352-5     Document Type: Review

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