Do changes in the coupling between respiratory and sympathetic activities contribute to neurogenic hypertension?

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1188-1196

  Zoccal, Daniel B ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^b   MacHado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Respiration; Respiratory sympathetic coupling; Sympathetic activity; Working heart brain stem preparation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 72149084160     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05202.x     Document Type: Review

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