Arterial baroreflex control of cardiac vagal outflow in older individuals can be enhanced by aerobic exercise training

Hypertension

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 826-832

  Deley, Gaelle ^a   Picard, Glen ^a   Taylor, J Andrew ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autonomic; Baroreflex; Carotid arteries; Exercise; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; AGING; BAROREFLEX; BODY COMPOSITION; CAROTID ARTERIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 70149121077     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.130039     Document Type: Article

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