Neuropsychological determinants of exercise tolerance in the heat

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue , 2007, Pages 45-60

  Cheung, Stephen S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognition; head; head cooling; heat exposure; heat strain index; hyperthermia; pacing; perception

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; ATTENUATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FACE; FITNESS; HEAD; HEAT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STRESS; HELMET; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LITERATURE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SKIN SURFACE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEVER; HEAT; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34447532117     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)62004-9     Document Type: Review

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