Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25458424›Full record

ReviewAutonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical2015

Functional sympatholysis in hypertension.

Gail D Thomas

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Review in Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Neurovascular and hemodynamic responses to mental stress and exercise in severe COVID-19 survivors.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2023
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  10. Functional sympatholysis is impaired in end-stage renal disease.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gail D ThomasHeart and Vascular Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, H047, Hershey, PA 17033, United States. Electronic address: gthomas4@hmc.psu.edu.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

Transcriptional control of muscle growth and remodelingP01HL006296 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DEMARTINO, GEORGE N. · 1985 to 2006
$14.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL006296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sympathetic vasoconstriction is normally attenuated in exercising muscle by local changes in muscle metabolites and other substances that reduce vascular responsiveness to α-adrenergic receptor activation. Termed functional sympatholysis, this protective mechanism is thought to optimize muscle blood flow distribution to match perfusion with metabolic demand. Emerging evidence from both animal and human studies indicate that functional sympatholysis is impaired in hypertension and may constitute an important underlying cause of skeletal muscle malperfusion during exercise in this common cardiovascular condition. Findings from studies of animal models of hypertension and patients with essential hypertension will be integrated in this review to provide insight into the underlying mechanisms responsible for inappropriate sympathetic vasoconstriction in exercising muscle and the treatment options that may restore functional sympatholysis and improve muscle perfusion during exercise.

Indexed as

AnimalsExerciseHumansHypertensionMuscle, SkeletalSympathetic Nervous SystemVasoconstrictionExerciseFunctional sympatholysisHypertensionSympathetic vasoconstriction

Identifiers

PMID25458424
PMCPMC4336594
OpenAlexW2027904255

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