Cardiovascular control during exercise: central and reflex neural mechanisms.
Both reflex neural and central command mechanisms have been postulated to explain the cardiovascular responses that occur during exercise. The 2 mechanisms appear to affect the same neural circuits and to be capable of working either in conjunction with one another or independently.
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002415:Cats; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*