Significant correlation between autonomic nervous activity and cerebral hemodynamics during thermotherapy on the neck

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 96-103

  Yasui, Hiroshi ^a,c   Takamoto, Kouich ^b,c   Hori, Etsuro ^a,c   Urakawa, Susumu ^b,c   Nagashima, Yoshinao ^d   Yada, Yukihiro ^d   Ono, Taketoshi ^b,c   Nishijo, Hisao ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemodynamics; Heart rate variability; Prefrontal cortex; Thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; NECK PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955269057     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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