Logo image
Resetting of the Arterial Baroreflex: Peripheral and Central Mechanisms
Book chapter

Resetting of the Arterial Baroreflex: Peripheral and Central Mechanisms

Mark W Chapleau, George Hajduczok and Francois M Abboud
Reflex Control of the Circulation, pp.165-194
CRC Press, 1
1991
DOI: 10.1201/9780367813338-6

View Online

Abstract

Arterial baroreceptors in the carotid sinuses and aortic arch are stimulated by vascular stretch during increases in arterial pressure (Bronk and Stella, 1932, 1935; Kirchheim, 1976; Brown, 1980). The increased nerve activity is transmitted to the central nervous system (CNS) and triggers reflex excitation of parasympathetic and inhibition of sympathetic nerve activities that reduce heart rate and vascular resistance to buffer the increases in pressure (Kirchheim, 1976).

Details

Metrics

17 Record Views
Logo image