Competitive interactions between vestibular and cardiac rhythms in the modulation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 127-131

  James, Cheree ^a   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Microneurography; Sympathetic nerve activity; Vestibulosympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTOID; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149411902     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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