Reduced parasympathetic cardiac control in patients with hypertension at rest and under mental stress

Heart rate variability in healthy subjects: effect of age and the derivation of normal ranges for tests of autonomic function.

I.A.D. O'Brien, Paul O’Hare, R. J. M. Corrall · Heart · 1986 · 480 citations · Full text

Hypertension, Heart Failure, Aging +19

Sympathetic predominance an essential hypertension: a study employing spectral analysis of heart rate variability

Stefano Guzzetti, Emanuela Piccaluga, Rodolfo Casati et al. · Journal of Hypertension · 1988 · 418 citations

Hypertension, Cardiovascular Function, Diastolic Function +18

Role of Parasympathetic Inhibition in the Hyperkinetic Type of Borderline Hypertension

Stevo Julius, Arturo Pascual, Richard London · Circulation · 1971 · 336 citations · Full text

Hypertension, Propranolol Infusion, Blood Pressure +15

The effects of changes in physical activity on major cardiovascular risk factors, hemodynamics, sympathetic function, and glucose utilization in man: a controlled study of four levels of activity.

Garry Jennings, Lisa Nelson, P.J. Nestel et al. · Circulation · 1986 · 301 citations

Hypertension, Physical Activity, Metabolic Syndrome +18

Brain, behavior, and bodily disease.

Herbert Weiner, Myron A. Hofer, Albert J. Stunkard · PubMed · 1981 · 251 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Psychopathology, Neuropsychology +6