How should human baroreflexes be tested?

News Physiol Sci. 1993 Feb:8:7-12. doi: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1993.8.1.7.

Abstract

A new approach to the study of arterial baroreflexes was developed for use during the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Spacelab Life Sciences-1 Space Shuttle mission. This method holds promise as a means to characterize the vagal limb of human baroreflex responses comprehensively and efficiently.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Baroreflex / drug effects
  • Baroreflex / physiology*
  • Carotid Sinus / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypotension, Orthostatic / etiology
  • Hypotension, Orthostatic / physiopathology
  • Neck
  • Pressoreceptors / drug effects
  • Pressoreceptors / physiology*
  • Pressure
  • Research Design
  • Space Flight*
  • Weightlessness / adverse effects*