Microneurographic evidence in healthy middle-aged humans for a sympathoexcitatory reflex activated by atrial pressure

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Millar, Philip J ^a   Murai, Hisayoshi ^a   Morris, Beverley L ^a   Floras, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial pressure; Cardiopulmonary reflex; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ATRIAL PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY REFLEX; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIAL PRESSURE; BAROREFLEX; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84884401521     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00375.2013     Document Type: Article

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