Cardiovascular regulation by skeletal muscle reflexes in health and disease

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Murphy, Megan N ^a   Mizuno, Masaki ^a   Mitchell, Jere H ^a   Smith, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypertension; Mechanoreflex; Metaboreflex; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRADYKININ; CAPSAZEPINE; IODORESINAFERATOXIN; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RUTHENIUM RED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1 ANTAGONIST;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXERCISE PRESSOR REFLEX; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 5; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MECHANOREFLEX; METABOREFLEX; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRESSURE SENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFLEX; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REFLEX;

EID: 80053254484     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00208.2011     Document Type: Review

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