Carotid baroreflex control of heart rate during acute exposure to simulated altitudes of 3,800 m and 4,300 m

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Sagawa, S ^a   Torii, R ^a   Nagaya, K ^a   Wada, F ^a   Endo, Y ^a   Shiraki, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Hypoxia; Neck suction; R R interval

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0030658013     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.4.r1219     Document Type: Article

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