Why the study?
Does cigarette smoking stimulate the adrenergic nervous system centrally or peripherally?
Population
Subjects undergoing direct recording of efferent post-ganglionic sympathetic nerve activity by…
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Peripheral mechanisms predominate in acute smoking effects; hypothesis-generating for chronic adrenergic modulation in smokers.
Does cigarette smoking stimulate the adrenergic nervous system centrally or peripherally?
The acute hemodynamic effects of cigarette smoking are driven by peripheral adrenergic mechanisms rather than central sympathetic excitation.
Grassı et al. (1992) studied this question.
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