Modulation of spontaneous baroreflex control of heart rate and indexes of vagal tone by passive calf muscle stretch during graded metaboreflex activation in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 716-723

  Drew, Rachel C ^a   Bell, Martin P D ^a   White, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle afferent; Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX, STRETCH; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 41549083248     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00956.2007     Document Type: Article

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