Skin sympathetic outflow during head-down neck flexion in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Ray, Chester A ^a   Hume, Keith M ^a   Shortt, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Neck reflexes; Orthostasis; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Vascular resistance; Vestibulosympathetic reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

EID: 0030824680     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.3.r1142     Document Type: Article

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