Facial immersion in cold water enhances cerebral blood velocity during breath-hold exercise in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1243-1248

  Kjeld, Thomas ^a,b   Pott, Frank C ^a   Secher, Niels H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arterial carbon dioxide tension; Diving response; Heart rate; Mean arterial pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIVING; EXERCISE; FACE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER IMMERSION; BICYCLE; BLOOD; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; COLD; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMERSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; APNEA; BICYCLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIVING; EXERCISE; FACE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149137568     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90370.2008     Document Type: Article

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