Cold-water face immersion per se elicits cardiac parasympathetic activity

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 773-776

  Kinoshita, Tomoko ^a   Nagata, Shinya ^b   Baba, Reizo ^c   Kohmoto, Takeshi ^d   Iwagaki, Suketsune ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diving reflex; Face immersion; Heart rate variability; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; COLD; FACE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VAGUS NERVE; WATER;

EID: 33744480535     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.773     Document Type: Article

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