Prolonged head down bed rest-induced inactivity impairs tonic autonomic regulation while sparing oscillatory cardiovascular rhythms in healthy humans

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-561

  Ferretti, Guido ^a,b   Iellamo, Ferdinando ^c,d   Pizzinelli, Paolo ^e   Kenfack, Marcel A ^a   Lador, Frédéric ^a   Lucini, Daniela ^f   Porta, Alberto ^f   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^g   Pagani, Massimo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Cardiovascular oscillations; Cardiovascular regulation; Inactivity; Sympathetic regulation; Vagal regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BED REST; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; EFFERENT NERVE; HAND GRIP; HEAD POSITION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 66949146715     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328322ca2f     Document Type: Article

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