Prolonged head-down tilt exposure reduces maximal cutaneous vasodilator and sweating capacity in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2330-2336

  Crandall, C G ^a,b   Shibasaki, M ^a   Wilson, T E ^a   Cui, J ^a   Levine, B D ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deconditioning; Microdialysis; Skin blood flow; Spaceflight; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPACE FLIGHT; SWEAT GLAND FUNCTION; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037840497     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00790.2002     Document Type: Article

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