Spectral characteristics of skin sympathetic nerve activity in heat-stressed humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Cui, Jian ^a,c   Sathishkumar, Mithra ^a   Wilson, Thad E ^a   Shibasaki, Manabu ^a   Davis, Scott L ^a,b   Crandall, Craig G ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Sympathetic nervous system; Thermoregulation; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECTRUM; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 33646103435     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00025.2005     Document Type: Article

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