Lateralization of expression of neural sympathetic activity to the vessels and effects of carotid baroreceptor stimulation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Diedrich, Andreá ^a   Porta, Alberto ^b   Barbic, Franca ^c   Brychta, Robert J ^a   Bonizzi, Pietro ^b,d   Diedrich, Laura ^a   Cerutti, Sergio ^d   Robertson, David ^a   Furlan, Raffaello ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area; Burst amplitude; Laterality; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity recording; Sympathetic control of circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CAROTID BODY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; PRESSORECEPTORS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 66949154672     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01045.2008     Document Type: Article

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