Sympathetic neural regulation of blood pressure: Influences of sex and aging

Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-15

  Hart, E C J ^a   Charkoudian, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84891503306     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00031.2013     Document Type: Review

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