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The augmented sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in hypertension, heart failure, myocardial infarction, diabetes, and aging may result in large part from impaired baroreceptor activity (dashed-lined arrow) and enhanced chemoreceptor activity (solid-line arrow). Both increase SNA.