Combined heat and mental stress alters neurovascular control in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1880-1886

  Klein, Jenna C ^a   Crandall, Craig G ^b,c   Brothers, R Matthew ^b,c   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Blood flow; Hyperthermia; Mental arithmetic; Sympathetic nerve activity; Vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEAT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYNCOPE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651275266     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00779.2010     Document Type: Article

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