The sympathetic release test: A test used to assess thermoregulation and autonomic control of blood flow

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-92

  Tansey, E A ^a   Roe, S M ^a   Johnson, C J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Skin blood flow; Skin temperature; Sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerves

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEAT STRESS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEARNING; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKIN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STUDENT; SYMPATHETIC VASOCONSTRICTOR NERVES; TEACHING; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

HEAT STRESS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC VASOCONSTRICTOR NERVES;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; STUDENTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TEACHING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84895171425     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00095.2013     Document Type: Article

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