Effect of spaceflight on the subcutaneous venoarteriolar reflex in the human lower leg

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 959-962

  Gabrielsen, Anders ^a   Norsk, Peter ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reflex; Vasoconstriction; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; LOWER LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPACE FLIGHT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPACE FLIGHT; VASOCONSTRICTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 34548383404     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00899.2006     Document Type: Article

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