Baroreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity: A nonpharmacological measure of baroreflex sensitivity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hart, Emma C ^a   Joyner, Michael J ^a   Wallin, B Gunnar ^c   Karlsson, Tomas ^c   Curry, Timothy B ^a   Charkoudian, Nisha ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baroreflex threshold; Modified oxford method; Spontaneous baroreflex

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77749254632     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00924.2009     Document Type: Article

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