Sympathetic and vascular responses to head-down neck flexion in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Shortt, Timothy L ^a   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; calf blood flow; muscle sympathetic nerve activity; postural reflex; vascular resistance; vestibulosympathetic reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030910053     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1780     Document Type: Article

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