title: Baroreceptor function changed by breathing.
abstract: The efferent sympathetic activity (ESA) of the carotid nerve is related to breathing, and can be driven by stimulation of the latter, e.g. by airway occlusion. The ESA controls both carotid wall stiffness and the excitability of nervous receptor elements. Therefore, breathing is capable of changing the carotid baroreceptor function.
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004525:Efferent Pathways; D012119:Respiration; D014655:Vascular Resistance