Effect of thermal stress on the vestibulosympathetic reflexes in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1367-1370

  Wilson, Thad E ^a   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Microneurography; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Orthostasis; Otolith organs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEAL MICRONEUROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; STATISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 4644260050     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00403.2004     Document Type: Article

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