Respiratory responses to cold water immersion: Neural pathways, interactions, and clinical consequences awake and asleep

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2057-2064

  Datta, Avijit ^a,b   Tipton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold shock; Drowning; Sleep apnea; Underwater birth

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; MALE; RATS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33744908556     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01201.2005     Document Type: Review

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