Sympathetic neural activation: An ordered affair

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4825-4836

  Steinback, Craig D ^a   Salmanpour, Aryan ^a   Breskovic, Toni ^b   Dujic, Zeljko ^b   Shoemaker, J Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESPIRATION; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649697017     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.195941     Document Type: Article

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