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What is a baroreceptor?

What is a baroreceptor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A nerve ending that is sensitive to changes in blood pressure
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Atherosclerosis can further exacerbate baroreceptor dysfunction by interfering with sensor biology in feed-forward fashion.
In this particular piece of work Nadin analyzes the so called the baroreceptor reflex.
When blood pressure falls, the baroreceptor reflex works immediately.
This type of headache is thought to be caused by chronic baroreceptor failure.
This compensatory mechanism is not associated with a carotid baroreceptor response in chickens.
Decreased SVR leads to baroreceptor mediated neurohormonal activation and fall in blood pressure.

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