Effects of short-term and prolonged bed rest on the vestibulosympathetic reflex

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dyckman, Damian J ^a   Sauder, Charity L ^a   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Hypotension; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED BED REST; SHORT TERM BED REST; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; VESTIBULOSYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BED REST; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PENNSYLVANIA; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROTATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255182318     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00193.2011     Document Type: Article

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