Major Autonomic Neuroregulatory Pathways Underlying Short- and Long-Term Control of Cardiovascular Function

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-18

  Salman, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Cardiopulmonary reflex; Chemoreflex; Stress pathways; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE TRACT; ORGAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; RECOGNITION; STRESS; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957555887     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-016-0625-x     Document Type: Review

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