Sympathetic discharge and vascular resistance after bed rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 612-617

  Shoemaker, J Kevin ^a   Hogeman, Cynthia S ^a   Leuenberger, Urs A ^a   Herr, Michael D ^a   Gray, Kristen ^a,b   Silber, David H ^a   Sinoway, Lawrence I ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Forearm vascular resistance; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Total peripheral resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031937866     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.2.612     Document Type: Article

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