Sympathetic nerve activity restrains reflex vasodilatation in heart failure

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 364-369

  Alves, Maria Janieire N N ^a   Rondon, Maria Urbana P B ^a   Santos, Amilton C ^a   Dias, Rodrigo G ^a   Barretto, Antonio Carlos P ^a   Krieger, Eduardo M ^a   Middlekauff, Holly R ^b   Negrão, Carlos Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha adrenergic blockade; Forearm vascular conductance; Handgrip exercise; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENTOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND GRIP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASODILATATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENTOLAMINE; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 37249066702     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-007-0448-6     Document Type: Article

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