Sympathetic control of short-term heart rate variability and its pharmacological modulation

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-347

  Elghozi, Jean Luc ^a   Julien, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Low frequency component; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sympathovagal balance

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IMIDAZOLINE; RILMENIDINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANATOMY; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOTROPISM; DENERVATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MODULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSCILLATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OSCILLOMETRY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34447510020     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2007.00502.x     Document Type: Review

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