V. Brooks

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Vagal afferent activation suppresses systemic inflammation via the splanchnic anti-inflammatory pathway
Evilin N. Komegae, David G. S. Farmer, V. Brooks, M. Mckinley +2 more
2018Brain, behavior, and immunity123 citations Open access
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Insulin acts in the arcuate nucleus to increase lumbar sympathetic nerve activity and baroreflex function in rats
Priscila A. Cassaglia, Sam M. Hermes, Sue A. Aicher, V. Brooks
2011Journal of Physiology114 citations Open access
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TRANSLATION OF SALT RETENTION TO CENTRAL ACTIVATION OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN HYPERTENSION
V. Brooks, J. Haywood, Alan Kim Johnson
2005Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology110 citations
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Neuronal Networks in Hypertension: Recent Advances
P. Guyenet, R. Stornetta, George M. P. R. Souza, Stephen B. G. Abbott +1 more
2020HYPERTENSION80 citations Open access
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Osmolality: a physiological long-term regulator of lumbar sympathetic nerve activity and arterial pressure.
K. Scrogin, E. Grygielko, V. Brooks
1999American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology68 citations
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Leptin Increases: Physiological Roles in the Control of Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Energy Balance, and the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Thyroid Axis
D. Martelli, V. Brooks
2023International Journal of Molecular Sciences65 citations Open access
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AT(1) and glutamatergic receptors in paraventricular nucleus support blood pressure during water deprivation.
Korrina L. Freeman, V. Brooks
2007American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology57 citations
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Baroreflex sensitivity varies during the rat estrous cycle: role of gonadal steroids.
R. Goldman, Afaf S. Azar, Julia M. Mulvaney, C. Hinojosa-Laborde +2 more
2009American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology56 citations Open access
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Deoxycorticosterone Acetate–Salt Rats: Hypertension and Sympathoexcitation Driven by Increased NaCl Levels
T. L. O’Donaughy, V. Brooks
2006HYPERTENSION56 citations Open access
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Altered heart rate baroreflex during pregnancy: role of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
V. Brooks, C. M. Kane, D. Vanwinkle
1997American Journal of Physiology55 citations
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Pregnancy and the endocrine regulation of the baroreceptor reflex.
V. Brooks, R. Dampney, C. Heesch
2010American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology53 citations Open access
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Insulin in the Brain Increases Gain of Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate and Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Activity
M. P. Pricher, Korrina L. Freeman, V. Brooks
2008HYPERTENSION53 citations Open access
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Cardiovascular response to stress: baroreflex resetting and hemodynamics.
D. Hatton, V. Brooks, Yue Qi, D. McCarron
1997American Journal of Physiology52 citations
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Obesity-induced increases in sympathetic nerve activity: sex matters
V. Brooks, Zhi-Gang Shi, Seth W. Holwerda, P. J. Fadel
2014Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical51 citations Open access
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Increased osmolality of conscious water-deprived rats supports arterial pressure and sympathetic activity via a brain action.
V. Brooks, Yue Qi, T. L. O’Donaughy
2005American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology51 citations
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Arcuate neuropeptide Y inhibits sympathetic nerve activity via multiple neuropathways
Zhi-Gang Shi, C. Madden, V. Brooks
2017Journal of Clinical Investigation49 citations Open access
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The role of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in the sympathoexcitatory effects of leptin
Zhi-Gang Shi, Baoxin Li, V. Brooks
2015HYPERTENSION49 citations Open access
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Baroreflex function in females: changes with the reproductive cycle and pregnancy
V. Brooks, P. Cassaglia, Ding Zhao, R. Goldman
2012Gender Medicine45 citations Open access
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Acute and chronic increases in osmolality increase excitatory amino acid drive of the rostral ventrolateral medulla in rats.
V. Brooks, Korrina L. Freeman, T. L. O’Donaughy
2004American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology44 citations
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Excitatory amino acids in rostral ventrolateral medulla support blood pressure during water deprivation in rats.
V. Brooks, Korrina L. Freeman, K. Clow
2004American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology44 citations
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The Interaction of Angiotensin II and Osmolality in the Generation of Sympathetic Tone during Changes in Dietary Salt Intake
V. Brooks, K. Scrogin, Donogh F. McKeogh
2001Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences44 citations
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Leptin increases sympathetic nerve activity via induction of its own receptor in the paraventricular nucleus
Zhi-Gang Shi, Nicole E. Pelletier, Jennifer Wong, Baoxin Li +4 more
2020eLife43 citations Open access
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Central Action of Increased Osmolality to Support Blood Pressure in Deoxycorticosterone Acetate–Salt Rats
T. L. O’Donaughy, Yue Qi, V. Brooks
2006HYPERTENSION41 citations
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Pressure to change? Re-evaluating the role of baroreceptors in the long-term control of arterial pressure.
V. Brooks, A. Sved
2005American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology39 citations
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Sympathetic cardiac hyperinnervation and atrial autonomic imbalance in diet-induced obesity promote cardiac arrhythmias.
B. McCully, Wohaib Hasan, C. Streiff, Jennifer C Houle +4 more
2013American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology37 citations Open access
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Sodium intake, angiotensin II receptor blockade, and baroreflex function in conscious rats.
Ling Xu, V. Brooks
1997HYPERTENSION36 citations Open access
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Central actions of insulin during pregnancy and lactation
S. R. Ladyman, V. Brooks
2021Journal of neuroendocrinology35 citations Open access
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Leptin acts in the forebrain to differentially influence baroreflex control of lumbar, renal and splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity and heart rate
Baoxin Li, Zhi-Gang Shi, P. Cassaglia, V. Brooks
2013HYPERTENSION32 citations Open access
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Insulin resistance and impaired baroreflex gain during pregnancy.
Daisy L. Daubert, Mee-Young Chung, V. Brooks
2007American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology32 citations
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Obesity: sex and sympathetics
Zhi-Gang Shi, Jennifer Wong, V. Brooks
2020Biology of Sex Differences31 citations Open access
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Tyrosine hydroxylase and norepinephrine transporter in sympathetic ganglia of female rats vary with reproductive state.
Joy C Anglin, V. Brooks
2003Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical29 citations
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Is osmolality a long-term regulator of renal sympathetic nerve activity in conscious water-deprived rats?
K. Scrogin, Donogh F McKeogh, V. Brooks
2002American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology29 citations
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Ganglionic tyrosine hydroxylase and norepinephrine transporter are decreased by increased sodium chloride in vivo and in vitro.
B. Habecker, E. Grygielko, T. A. Huhtala, Bill Foote +1 more
2003Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical28 citations
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IMPAIRED BAROREFLEX GAIN DURING PREGNANCY IN CONSCIOUS RATS: ROLE OF BRAIN INSULIN
Afaf S. Azar, V. Brooks
2010HYPERTENSION27 citations Open access
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The hypothalamic paraventricular and arcuate nuclei contribute to elevated sympathetic nerve activity in pregnant rats: roles of Neuropeptide Y and α-melanocyte stimulating hormone
Zhi-Gang Shi, P. Cassaglia, Laura C Gotthardt, V. Brooks
2015HYPERTENSION26 citations Open access
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Insulin increases sympathetic nerve activity in part by suppression of tonic inhibitory neuropeptide Y inputs into the paraventricular nucleus in female rats.
P. Cassaglia, Zhi-Gang Shi, V. Brooks
2016American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology25 citations Open access
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Rosiglitazone Improves Insulin Sensitivity and Baroreflex Gain in Rats with Diet-Induced Obesity
Ding Zhao, B. McCully, V. Brooks
2010Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics25 citations Open access
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Endogenous ANG II supports lumbar sympathetic activity in conscious sodium-deprived rats: role of area postrema.
Ling Xu, J. Collister, J. Osborn, V. Brooks
1998American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology25 citations
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Adaptations in autonomic nervous system regulation in normal and hypertensive pregnancy
V. Brooks, Q. Fu, Zhi-Gang Shi, C. Heesch
2020Handbook of Clinical Neurology23 citations Open access
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Diet-induced obesity severely impairs myelinated aortic baroreceptor reflex responses.
B. McCully, V. Brooks, M. Andresen
2012American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology23 citations Open access
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Pregnancy impairs baroreflex control of heart rate in rats: role of insulin sensitivity.
V. Brooks, Julia M. Mulvaney, Afaf S. Azar, Ding Zhao +1 more
2010American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology23 citations Open access
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Methysergide delays the decompensatory responses to severe hemorrhage by activating 5-HT(1A) receptors.
K. Scrogin, Alan Kim Johnson, V. Brooks
2000American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology22 citations
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Sex differences in the sympathoexcitatory response to insulin in obese rats: role of neuropeptide Y
Zhi-Gang Shi, P. Cassaglia, Nicole E. Pelletier, V. Brooks
2019Journal of Physiology21 citations Open access
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Hemodynamic and hormonal responses to hemorrhage in conscious rabbits at mid- and late gestation.
V. Brooks, R. Quesnell, C. M. Kane, L. Keil
1998American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology18 citations
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Sites and sources of sympathoexcitation in obese male rats: role of brain insulin.
Zhi-Gang Shi, Ding Zhao, P. Cassaglia, V. Brooks
2020American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology17 citations Open access
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Resistance to the sympathoexcitatory effects of insulin and leptin in late pregnant rats
Zhi-Gang Shi, K. Hansen, Kristin M. Bullock, Y. Morofuji +2 more
2019Journal of Physiology16 citations Open access
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GABA in the paraventricular nucleus tonically suppresses baroreflex function: alterations during pregnancy.
Mollie P. Page, P. Cassaglia, V. Brooks
2011American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology16 citations Open access
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Time course of synergistic interaction between DOCA and salt on blood pressure: roles of vasopressin and hepatic osmoreceptors.
V. Brooks, Korrina L. Freeman, Yue Qi
2006American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology16 citations
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Neuropeptide Y suppresses thermogenic and cardiovascular sympathetic nerve activity via Y1 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus and dorsomedial hypothalamus
Zhi-Gang Shi, Alyssa Bonillas, Jennifer Wong, S. Padilla +1 more
2021Journal of neuroendocrinology15 citations Open access
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Pregnancy alters hemodynamic responses to hemorrhage in conscious rabbits.
K. Clow, G. Giraud, B. Ogden, V. Brooks
2003American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology15 citations
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