Vestibular activation does not influence skin sympathetic nerve responses during whole body heating

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 540-544

  Wilson, Thad E ^a   Kuipers, Nathan T ^a   McHugh, Erica A ^a   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Otolith organs; Semicircular canals; Skin blood flow; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Sweat rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 3242695091     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00174.2004     Document Type: Article

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