The effect of sympathetic stimulation on proximal brachial artery mechanics in humans - Differential behaviour within the length of the brachial artery?

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-27

  Bjarnegard N ^a   Ryden Ahlgren A ^b   Sonesson, B ^b   Lanne T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brachial artery; Distensibility; Lower body negative pressure; Stiffness; Sympathetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 4544252770     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.2004.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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