Afferent vagal nerve stimulation resets baroreflex neural arc and inhibits sympathetic nerve activity

Physiological Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Saku, Keita ^a   Kishi, Takuya ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuo ^a   Hosokawa, Kazuya ^a   Sakamoto, Takafumi ^a   Murayama, Yoshinori ^a   Kakino, Takamori ^a   Ikeda, Masataka ^a   Ide, Tomomi ^a   Sunagawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afferent nerve; Carotid sinus baroreflex; Sympathetic nerve activity; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 85009348003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12136     Document Type: Article

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