Effects of diving and oxygen on autonomic nervous system and cerebral blood flow

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-156

  Winklewski, Pawel J ^a   Kot, Jacek ^b   Frydrychowski, Andrzej F ^a   Nuckowska, Magdalena K ^a   Tkachenko, Yurii ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cerebral blood flow; Immersion pulmonary oedema; Neurogenic pulmonary oedema; Oxygen; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; IMMERSION PULMONARY OEDEMA; NEUROGENIC PULMONARY OEDEMA; OXYGEN; SCUBA DIVING;

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIVING; HUMANS; IMMERSION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 84884388165     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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