Neurohumoral Integration of Cardiovascular Function by the Lamina Terminalis

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Cancelliere, Nicole M ^a   Black, Emily A E ^a   Ferguson, Alastair V ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular regulation; Circumventricular organs; Lamina terminalis; Organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis; Signal integration; Subfornical organ

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SODIUM;

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUID BALANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAMINA TERMINALIS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORGANUM VASCULOSUM OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; ANIMAL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; SODIUM;

EID: 84946071057     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-015-0602-9     Document Type: Review

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