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. 2021 Apr 29;130(6):1983–2001. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00727.2020

Table B2.

Control parameters and their associated values (range for the sensitivity analysis: means ± 1.64 standard deviations)

Controls
Name Symbol Means SD
ABR R-R interval sympathetic gain GR-RA,S 0.012 0.004
ABR left ventricular contractility gain GClvA,S 0.014 0.001
ABR right ventricular contractility gain GCrvA,S 0.021 0.003
ABR upper body arterial resistance gain GRubA,S −0.13 0.05
ABR renal circulation arterial resistance gain GRrcA,S −0.13 0.05
ABR splanchnic circulation arterial resistance gain GRscA,S −0.13 0.05
ABR leg circulation arterial resistance gain GRlcA,S −0.13 0.05
ABR upper body venous unstressed volume gain GVubA,S 5.30 0.85
ABR renal venous unstressed volume gain GVrcA,S 1.30 0.20
ABR splanchnic venous unstressed volume gain GVscA,S 13.30 2.10
ABR leg venous unstressed volume gain GVlcA,S 6.70 1.10
ABR R-R interval parasympathetic gain GR-RA,P 0.009 0.004
CPR upper body arterial resistance gain GRubCP,S −0.30 0.05
CPR renal circulation arterial resistance gain GRrcCP,S −0.30 0.05
CPR splanchnic circulation arterial resistance gain GRscCP,S −0.30 0.05
CPR leg circulation arterial resistance gain GRlcCP,S −0.30 0.05
CPR upper body venous unstressed volume gain GVubCP,S 13.5 2.7
CPR renal venous unstressed volume gain GVrcCP,S 2.7 0.5
CPR splanchnic venous unstressed volume gain GVscCP,S 64.0 12.8
CPR leg venous unstressed volume gain GVlcCP,S 30.0 6.0

ABR, arterial baroreflex; CPR, cardiopulmonary reflex. All gains refer to the sympathetic arc of the nervous system except for the ABR R-R interval parasympathetic gain. Values taken from Refs. 27, 29.