Sympathetic nerve activity and whole body heat stress in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1329-1334

  Low, David A ^a,b   Keller, David M ^a,b,c   Wingo, Jonathan E ^a,b,d   Brothers, R Matthew ^a,b,e   Crandall, Craig G ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Neural control; Skin sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 81355153581     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00498.2011     Document Type: Article

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