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Editorial
. 2021 May 18;10(10):e021675.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021675. Epub 2021 May 4.

Getting Sympathetic About Air Pollution Exposure

Robert D Brook  1 , Sanjay Rajagopalan  2
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Editorial

Getting Sympathetic About Air Pollution Exposure

Robert D Brook et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; air pollution; sympathetic nerve activity; sympathetic nervous system.

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Figure 1. Potential pathways responsible for air pollution–induced autonomic imbalance and the health consequences.
AT‐2 indicates angiotensin‐2; BP, blood pressure; CHF, congestive heart failure; CNS, central nervous system; DEP, diesel exhaust pollution; ET‐1, endothelin‐1; HPAA, hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; HR, heart rate; MI, myocardial infarction; NE, norepinephrine; PM, particulate matter; PSNS, parasympathetic nervous system; SNS, sympathetic nervous system; TRP, transient receptor potential; and UFP, ultrafine particle.
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