Mechanism of sympathetic activation and blood pressure elevation in humans and animals following acute intermittent hypoxia

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-146

  Xing, Tao ^a,c   Pilowsky, Paul M ^b   Fong, Angelina Y ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Hypertension; Long term facilitation; Reflexes; Serotonin; Sleep apnea; Sympathetic nervous system; Sympathoexcitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN REGION; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; HUMANS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84910647922     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63274-6.00007-2     Document Type: Chapter

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