Sympathetic baroreflex gain in normotensive pregnant women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 468-474

  Usselman, Charlotte W ^a,b,c   Skow, Rachel J ^a,b,c   Matenchuk, Brittany A ^a,b,c   Chari, Radha S ^d   Julian, Colleen G ^e   Stickland, Michael K ^d   Davenport, Margie H ^a,b,c   Steinback, Craig D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex control; Blood pressure; Pregnancy; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; REST; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84942307665     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00131.2015     Document Type: Article

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