Daily exercise and gender influence arterial baroreflex regulation of heart rate and nerve activity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 5 40-5, 1996, Pages

  Chen, Chao Yin ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise training; female; male; parasympathetic; sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 33750720397     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.5.h1840     Document Type: Article

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