Arterial baroreceptors in the management of systemic hypertension

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kougias, Panagiotis ^a,b   Weakley, Sarah M ^a   Yao, Qizhi ^a,b   Lin, Peter H ^a,b   Chen, Changyi ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barereflex; Baroreceptor; Hypertension; Sinoaortic denervation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANATOMY; ARTERIAL PRESSORECEPTOR; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSORECEPTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 75149178618     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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