Cerebral oxygenation decreases but does not impair performance during self-paced, strenuous exercise

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-486

  Billaut, F ^a   Davis, J M ^a   Smith, K J ^a   Marino, F E ^b   Noakes, T D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain oxygenation; Cerebral blood flow; Near infrared spectroscopy; Pacing

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 77749302276     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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