The autonomic reflex screen in healthy participants from Southwestern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 848-853

  Ives, Colleen T ^a   Berger, Michael J ^b   Kimpinski, Kurt ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC REFLEX SCREEN; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPNEA; LEG; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TESTING; REFLEX; SCREENING TEST; SWEAT; VAGUS REFLEX; VALSALVA MANEUVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ONTARIO;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; REFLEX; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84888252035     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100016000     Document Type: Article

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