Definition of "baroreceptor" []

• A sensory nerve ending that is stimulated by changes in pressure, especially one in the walls of blood vessels such as the carotid sinus. (noun)

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• "IL-6 microinjected into the nucleus tractus solitarii attenuates cardiac baroreceptor reflex function in rats."
• "Influence of nonthermal baroreceptor modulation of heat loss responses during uncompensable heat stress."
• "Information gathered through baroreceptor sites is routed to the brain for processing."