CrossTalk proposal: Bradycardia in the trained athlete is attributable to high vagal tone

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 593, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1745-1747

  Coote, John H ^a   White, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; HEART BEAT; HEART EXCITATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; RESTING HEART RATE; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FITNESS; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

ATHLETES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL FITNESS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84927584738     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.284364     Document Type: Note

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