Selective neuromodulation has demonstrated efficacy in lowering BP through reflex pathways, such as carotid baroreceptor activation (Lohmeier and Hall, 2019). In CKD, targeting preserved depressor ...

Figure 1. Cause of death in prevalent dialysis patients in the United States, 2005 to 2007. 1 AMI indicates acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVA, cerebrovascular accident.

THE amount of endotoxin required to produce fatal traumatic shock by the intracerebral route is roughly one-twentieth of that required by the intravenous route 1. The smaller dose is harmless when ...

or that the mechanism is a simple reflex vasospasm such as has been demonstrated in response to painful stimuli. The hyperhidrosis may be taken as further evidence of excessive sympathetic activity.

The autonomic nervous system exerts a fine beat-to-beat regulation of cardiovascular functions and is consequently involved in the onset and progression of many cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).