Sympathetic responses to vestibular activation in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^a   Ray, Chester A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Head down rotation; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BARANY TEST; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HEAD DOWN ROTATION; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; OFF VERTICAL AXIS ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOSYMPATHETIC REFLEX; YAW ROTATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 40449086671     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00896.2007     Document Type: Review

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