Muscle reflex in heart failure: the role of exercise training

Exercise evokes sympathetic activation and increases blood pressure and heart rate. Two neural mechanisms that cause the exercise-induced increase in sympathetic discharge are central command and the exercise pressor reflex (EPR). The former suggests that a volitional signal emanating from central m...

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Main Authors: Hanjun eWang, Irving H Zucker, Wei eWang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00398/full