The degree of engagement of cardiac and sympathetic arms of the baroreflex does not depend on the absolute value and sign of arterial pressure variations.
Beatrice De MariaLaura Dalla VecchiaVlasta BariBeatrice CairoFrancesca GelpiFrancesca PeregoAnielle C M TakahashiJuliana Milan-MattosVinícius MinatelPatricia Rehder-SantosMurray EslerElisabeth LambertMathias BaumertAparecida Maria CataiAlberto PortaPublished in: Physiological measurement (2023)
This study stresses the limited ability of the cardiac and sympathetic arms of the baroreflex in controlling absolute arterial pressure values and the equivalent ability of both positive and negative arterial pressure changes in soliciting them.