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Heymans C
Researcher at Ghent University
Publications - 42
Citations - 1769
Heymans C is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Carotid sinus & Blood pressure. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 42 publications receiving 1759 citations.
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Reflexogenic Areas of the Cardiovascular System
TL;DR: Experiments done between 1877 and 1926 showed that a rise of blood pressure in the carotid-cephalic circulation induces bradycardia and a fall of the systemic arterial pressure, while a drop in the vehicle pressure provokes acceleration of the heart rate and a rise in the systemicarterial pressure.
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Sinus caroticus and respiratory reflexes
Heymans C,Jean J. Bouckaert +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence is taken by several authors as evidence that the respiratory centre is influenced directly by changes in the blood supply, and respiration is depressed by an increase in cerebral blood flow, stimulated by a decrease no matter how produced.