Sympathetic Activity, Hypertension, and The Importance of a Good Night's Sleep

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (I.B.) and the Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (D.A.C.). Italo.biaggioni@vanderbilt.edu.
² From the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (I.B.) and the Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (D.A.C.).

Editorial

Italo Biaggioni et al. Hypertension. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;68(6):1338-1339.

doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08324. Epub 2016 Oct 3.

¹ From the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (I.B.) and the Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (D.A.C.). Italo.biaggioni@vanderbilt.edu.
² From the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (I.B.) and the Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (D.A.C.).

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Arousal From Sleep and Sympathetic Excitation During Wakefulness.
Taylor KS, Murai H, Millar PJ, Haruki N, Kimmerly DS, Morris BL, Tomlinson G, Bradley TD, Floras JS. Taylor KS, et al. Hypertension. 2016 Dec;68(6):1467-1474. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08212. Epub 2016 Oct 3. Hypertension. 2016. PMID: 27698070

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