Controlling the Heart Via the Brain: A Potential New Therapy for Orthostatic Hypotension
- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 58 (6) , 1176-1183
- https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000215943.78685.01
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:. Electrical stimulation of the midbrain is known to influence blood pressure in animals. In humans, it is used for the treatment of chronic nKeywords
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