Long-term tropical residency diminishes central sudomotor sensitivities in male subjects

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 233-237

  Lee, Jeong Beom ^a   Bae, Jun Sang ^a   Shin, Young Oh ^a   Kang, Jong Chul ^a   Matsumoto, Takaaki ^b   Aliopva, Aziza Toktasynovna ^c   Alipov, Gabit Kaimovich ^d   Kim, Wan Jong ^a   Min, Young Ki ^a   Yang, Hun Mo ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^d Department of Pathology   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Central sudomotor; Environmental adaptation; Heat tolerance; Sweating

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KOREA; LEG; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 38549123316     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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