Sympathetic neural mechanisms in human blood pressure regulation

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Hart, Emma C ^a   Charkoudian, Nisha ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure; Etiology; Gender; Hypertension; Sex; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; LOSARTAN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART CYCLE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AGING; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 79956209246     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-011-0191-1     Document Type: Article

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