Sympathetic neural responses to mental stress during acute simulated microgravity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 518-522

  Durocher, John J ^a,b   Schwartz, Christopher E ^a   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROGRAVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERONEAL NERVE; SPACE FLIGHT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249142804     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00284.2009     Document Type: Article

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