Cardiovagal regulation during combined hypoxic and orthostatic stress: Fainters vs. nonfainters

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1050-1056

  Halliwill, John R ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anoxia; Baroreflex; Sympathetic nervous system; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BAROREFLEX; DIZZINESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 14144252541     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00871.2004     Document Type: Article

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