Neural control of circulation and exercise: A translational approach disclosing interactions between central command, arterial baroreflex, and muscle metaboreflex

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 3, 2015, Pages H381-H392

  Michelini, Lisete C ^a   O’Leary, Donal S ^b   Raven, Peter B ^c   Nóbrega, Antonio C L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Baroreflex; Central command; Exercise; Metaboreflex

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BAROREFLEX; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE METABOREFLEX; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTERY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BAROREFLEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84938562561     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00077.2015     Document Type: Article

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