Arterial baroreceptor reflex: its central and peripheral neural mechanisms
M Kumada, N Terui, T Kuwaki - Progress in neurobiology, 1990 - Elsevier
M Kumada, N Terui, T Kuwaki
Progress in neurobiology, 1990•ElsevierThe purpose of this article is to give a concise state-of-the-art account of the neural
mechanism of the arterial baroreceptor reflex. Our emphasis is on the central mechanism,
since progress has been outstanding during the last decade with respect to this part of the
reflex. For the same reason, the control of sympathetic vasomotor discharges is mainly
reviewed. In fact, the sympathetic nervous system is the most potent efferent mechanism in
the acute control of arterial blood pressure by the arterial baroreceptor reflex. We shall try to …
mechanism of the arterial baroreceptor reflex. Our emphasis is on the central mechanism,
since progress has been outstanding during the last decade with respect to this part of the
reflex. For the same reason, the control of sympathetic vasomotor discharges is mainly
reviewed. In fact, the sympathetic nervous system is the most potent efferent mechanism in
the acute control of arterial blood pressure by the arterial baroreceptor reflex. We shall try to …
The purpose of this article is to give a concise state-of-the-art account of the neural mechanism of the arterial baroreceptor reflex. Our emphasis is on the central mechanism, since progress has been outstanding during the last decade with respect to this part of the reflex. For the same reason, the control of sympathetic vasomotor discharges is mainly reviewed. In fact, the sympathetic nervous system is the most potent efferent mechanism in the acute control of arterial blood pressure by the arterial baroreceptor reflex.
We shall try to fill the area not directly touched in expert reviews by Kirchheim (1976), which dealt primarily with the peripheral neural mechanism, and by Sagawa (1983), which described the hemodynamic and system properties of this reflex. We specifically have in mind those readers not particularly familiar with the arterial baroreceptor reflex which requires, for its full understanding, diverse knowledge on the cardiovascular and autonomic nervous systems from cellular to system levels.
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