Bidirectional interactions between the baroreceptor reflex and arousal: An update

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-216

  Silvani, Alessandro ^a   Calandra Buonaura, Giovanna ^a,b   Benarroch, Eduardo E ^c   Dampney, Roger A L ^d   Cortelli, Pietro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Baroreceptors; Hypertension; Insomnia; Sleep; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PONTINE PARABRANCHIAL NUCLEUS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

AROUSAL; BAROREFLEX; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84923295109     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.10.011     Document Type: Review

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