Sympathetic nervous system activation, arterial shear rate, and flow-mediated dilation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1300-1307

  Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,b,c   Atkinson, Ceri L ^a   Ono, Kumiko ^a   Sprung, Victoria S ^a   Spence, Angela L ^a   Pugh, Christopher J A ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Endothelial function; Norepinephrine; Shear stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 84901236569     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00110.2014     Document Type: Article

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