Forearm neurovascular responses during mental stress and vestibular activation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 2 57-2, 2005, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^b   Cooke, William H ^c   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure control; Mental arithmetic; Otolith stimulation; Vestibulosympathetic reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYNCOPE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 12344327183     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00569.2004     Document Type: Article

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