Effects of static magnetic fields on blood pressure in animals and humans

Current Hypertension Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Okano, Hideyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Geomagnetic activity; Static magnetic fields; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RESERPINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AORTA ARCH; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 39349098617     PISSN: 15734021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340208783497237     Document Type: Review

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