Microgravity decreases heart rate and arterial pressure in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 910-914

  Fritsch Yelle, Janice M ^a,b   Charles, John B ^a   Jones, Michele M ^a   Wood, Margie L ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic; blood pressure; diastolic; sympathetic; systolic

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029870331     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.3.910     Document Type: Article

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