Aging affects the cardiovascular responses to cold stress in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1076-1082

  Hess, Kari L ^a   Wilson, Thad E ^b   Sauder, Charity L ^a   Gao, Zhaohui ^a   Ray, Chester A ^a   Monahan, Kevin D ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350132037     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00605.2009     Document Type: Article

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