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A sympathetic nervous system evaluation of obesity stigma. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The portrayal of obesity in the media is often one of negativity. Consequently, it may generate an increase in stigma. Obesity stigma, a form of social discrimination, is responsible for many of the negative psychological and physiological effects on ...
Michael D Oliver   +2 more
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Sympathetic Blocks Provided Sustained Pain Relief in a Patient with Refractory Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

open access: yesCase Reports in Anesthesiology, 2012
The sympathetic nervous system has been implicated in pain associated with painful diabetic neuropathy. However, therapeutic intervention targeted at the sympathetic nervous system has not been established.
Jianguo Cheng, Anuj Daftari, Lan Zhou
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Chronic sympathetic driven hypertension promotes atherosclerosis by enhancing hematopoiesis

open access: yesHaematologica, 2019
Hypertension is a major, independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. However, this pathology can arise through multiple pathways, which could influence vascular disease through distinct mechanisms.
Annas Al-Sharea   +17 more
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Baroreflex Modulation During Acute High-Altitude Exposure in Rats

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2020
Baroreflex (BR) control is critically dependent of sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation. It has been documented that during acute hypobaric hypoxia there is a BR control impairment, however, the effect of a natural hypoxic environment on BR ...
Ana Rosa Beltrán   +13 more
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Renal sympathetic denervation: A promising therapy for resistant hypertension

open access: yesHeart India, 2014
Despite rapid strides in pharmacotherapy for hypertension over last few decades, resistant hypertension continues to be prevalent. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is an important etiological factor in the pathogenesis of hypertension and ...
Deepak Ameta   +2 more
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Sympathetic regulation of vascular function in health and disease

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2012
The sympathetic nervous system is known to play a pivotal role in short- and long-term regulation of different functions of the cardiovascular system. In the past decades increasing evidence demonstrated that sympathetic neural control is involved not ...
Rosa Maria eBruno   +6 more
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Do you know this syndrome? Harlequin syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018
: Harlequin syndrome is a rare condition in which one half of the face fails to flush and sweat due to damage of the sympathetic fibers on the ipsilateral side.
Nelise Ritter Hans-Bittner   +2 more
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Sympathetic Nervous System and Hypertension [PDF]

open access: yesHypertension, 2013
With the development and implementation of device-based therapeutic interventions to decrease renal and systemic nerve activity in patients with resistant hypertension, there has been an increase in research dealing with the role of the sympathetic nervous system in hypertension. These interventions have produced substantial decreases in blood pressure
openaire   +3 more sources

Sympathetic Nervous System Activation and Its Modulation: Role in Atrial Fibrillation

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has a significant influence on the structural integrity and electrical conductivity of the atria. Aberrant activation of the sympathetic nervous system can induce heterogeneous changes with arrhythmogenic potential ...
Revathy Carnagarin   +6 more
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Cardiovascular autonomous dysfunction in diabetics: The influence of disease duration, glycoregulation degree and diabetes type [PDF]

open access: yesSrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2008
INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular autonomous neuropathy (CAN) in diabetes has not been still defined clinically and aetiopathogenetically. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the influence of disease duration, glycoregulation degree and diabetes ...
Ninković Vladan   +2 more
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