Endogenous pain regulatory system dysfunction appears to play a role in the maintenance
of chronic pain. An important component of the pain regulatory process is the functional …

It is now well established that brain plasticity is an inherent property not only of the
developing but also of the adult brain. Numerous beneficial effects of exercise, including …

Efforts in modeling cardiovascular and respiratory control have been ongoing for a number
of years. These efforts include seminal work by AC Guyton and coworkers and F. Grodins …

Baroreceptors are mechanosensitive elements of the peripheral nervous system that
maintain cardiovascular homeostasis by coordinating the responses to external and internal …

The sympathetic nervous system is a ubiquitous, integrating controller of myriad
physiological functions. In the present article, we review the physiology of sympathetic …

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep disorder with high prevalence in
general population, but alarmingly low in clinicians' differential diagnosis. We reviewed the …

Nocturnal blood pressure (BP) decline or “dipping” is an active, central, nervously governed
process, which is important for BP regulation during daytime. It is, however, not known …

The present study aimed to investigate whether there was a resetting of the baroreflex
control of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and heart rate (HR) during exercise …

This study evaluated the contributions of psychological status and cardiovascular
responsiveness to racial/ethnic differences in experimental pain sensitivity. The baseline …

Abstract Changes in autonomic control have been suggested to mediate postexercise
hypotension (PEH). We investigated through meta-analysis the after-effects of acute …