Autonomic control of the heart during exercise in humans: Role of skeletal muscle afferents

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-305

  Fisher, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 84893411777     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.074377     Document Type: Article

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