Cardiovascular autonomic modulation and activity of carotid baroreceptors at altitude

Clinical Science

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 565-573

  Bernardi, Luciano ^a   Passino, Claudio ^a   Spadacini, Giammario ^a   Calciati, Alessandro ^a   Robergs, Robert ^d   Greene, Richard ^d   Martignoni, Emilia ^b   Anand, Inder ^c   Appenzeller, Otto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NMHEMC Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Heart rate variability; High altitude

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSORECEPTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031770188     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0950565     Document Type: Article

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