Chronic intermittent hypoxia increases sympathetic control of blood pressure: Role of neuronal activity in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sharpe, Amanda L ^a   Calderon, Alfredo S ^b   Andrade, Mary Ann ^b   Cunningham, J Thomas ^c   Mifflin, Steven W ^c   Toney, Glenn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluid balance; Hyperosmolality; Hypertension; Sleep apnea; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHONIUM; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FLUID; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FOREBRAIN; GANGLION BLOCK; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84890388435     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00592.2013     Document Type: Article

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