Modulation of baroreflex sensitivity and spectral power of blood pressure by heat stress and aging

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  Stauss, Harald M ^b   Morgan, Donald A ^b   Anderson, Karl E ^b   Massett, Michael P ^b   Kregel, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

baroreceptors; blood pressure variability; Fischer 344 rats; renal blood flow; renal sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY;

EID: 33750886273     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.2.h776     Document Type: Article

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