Acute ingestion of a high-fructose drink impairs vascular autonomic modulation and reflex control of blood pressure in first-degree relatives of diabetic patients

Affiliations

• ¹ Cardiology Institute (IC)/Cardiology University Foundation (FUC) of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• ² Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ³ Science and Technology Institute, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil.
• ⁴ Institute of Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
• ⁵ Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• ⁶ Department of Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁷ Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• ⁸ Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ⁹ Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.