Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sensory nerve ending that is stimulated by changes in pressure, especially one in the walls of blood vessels such as the carotid sinus.
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- noun anatomy A
nerve ending that is sensitive to changes inblood pressure
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- noun a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
Etymologies
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Examples
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Seravalle G, Calhoun DA, Mancia G (1994) Physical training and baroreceptor control of sympathetic nerve activity in humans.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010
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The brain's role in regulating respiration and heart rate relies on information received from baroreceptor sites and chemoreceptor sites located inside the brain stem.
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Influence of nonthermal baroreceptor modulation of heat loss responses during uncompensable heat stress.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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MSNA consists of baroreceptor reflex controlled vasoconstrictor impulses to the muscle vascular bed, involved in dynamic blood pressure regulation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010
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Several sensory-motor loops such as temperature, pH, baroreceptor reflex and others have been found to control heart rate.
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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These communications are handled by baroreceptor sites, which work as nerve receptors that respond to changes in pressure.
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IL-6 microinjected into the nucleus tractus solitarii attenuates cardiac baroreceptor reflex function in rats.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Information gathered through baroreceptor sites is routed to the brain for processing.
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The researchers found that nitric oxide is a potent regulator of BDNF in baroreceptor neurons.
Medindia Health News 2010
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There was also an improvement on vagally mediated arterial baroreceptor cardiac reflex sensitivity in a subset of ten testosterone patients who were compared with 12 placebo patients.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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