This review examines how the sympathetic nervous system plays a major role in the
regulation of cardiovascular function over multiple time scales. This is achieved through …

Autonomic cardiovascular control is impaired in hypertension, leading to a reduction in the
parasympathetic tone and to an increase in the sympathetic influences to the heart and …

A neurogenic component to primary hypertension (hypertension) is now well established.
Along with raised vasomotor tone and increased cardiac output, the chronic activation of the …

The world wide prevalence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome is escalating. Contrary to
earlier experimental evidence, human obesity is characterised by sympathetic nervous …

Background—Essential hypertension (EHT) is a major cardiovascular risk factor, and the
additional presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) increases this risk. However, although …

Background Several hemodynamic variables, such as blood pressure, vascular resistance,
cardiac output, and heart rate, are regulated, among others, by sympathetic cardiovascular …

Metabolic syndrome is associated with adverse health outcomes and is a growing problem
worldwide. Although efforts to harmonise the definition of metabolic syndrome have helped …

Hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor in the metabolic syndrome (MS) in which
the presence of insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, abnormal lipoprotein metabolism …

Essential hypertension is a multifactorial disorder with a strong genetic predisposition.
Although anti-hypertensive medications have drastically reduced cardiovascular diseases …

Background Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a significant and independent predictor of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in hypertensive subjects and in patients with end-stage renal …