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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00398/full |