Acute hypoxia activates human 8-12 Hz physiological tremor

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-141

  Krause, William L ^a   Leiter, James C ^b   Marsh Tenney, S ^b   Daubenspeck, J Andrew ^b  

^a Medical Service   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypocapnia, tremor; Hypoxia, arousal, tremor; Mammals, humans; Peripheral chemoreceptors, hypoxia, hypocapnia; Somatomotor system, hypoxia, tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREMOR;

EID: 0033795040     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(00)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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