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Air Pollution-Induced Autonomic Modulation
Air pollutants pose a serious worldwide health hazard, causing respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Pollutants perturb the autonomic nervous system, whose function is critical to cardiopulmonary homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that pollutants can stimulate defensive sensory ne...
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Published in: | Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) Md.), 2020-11, Vol.35 (6), p.363-374 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Air pollutants pose a serious worldwide health hazard, causing respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Pollutants perturb the autonomic nervous system, whose function is critical to cardiopulmonary homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that pollutants can stimulate defensive sensory nerves within the cardiopulmonary system, thus providing a possible mechanism for pollutant-induced autonomic dysfunction. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved would likely improve the management and treatment of pollution-related disease. |
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ISSN: | 1548-9213 1548-9221 |
DOI: | 10.1152/physiol.00017.2020 |