Baroreflex function is reduced in Alzheimer's disease: A candidate biomarker?

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1170-1176

  Meel van den Abeelen, Aisha S S ^a   Lagro, Joep ^a   Gommer, Erik D ^b   Reulen, Jos P H ^b   Claassen, Jurgen A H R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Causal model; Dementia; Diagnostics; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GALANTAMINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BAROREFLEX; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872279736     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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