Autonomic control of cardiovascular dynamics during weightlessness.
Measuring cardiovascular dynamics is a new method of assessing the autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system, it provides an easily-implemented non-invasive way of monitoring the effects of weightlessness on this regulatory function. The major findings of studies on cardiovascular dynamics during actual or simulated weightlessness are presented, taking into account the recent consensus on this approach. Future improvements of these studies are discussed.
Fortrat
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Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Environnement, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Grange-Blanche, 8, avenue Rockefeller 69373, Lyon Cedex 08, France. fortrat@cismsun.univ-lyon1.fr
Somody
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Gharib
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D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D014893:Weightlessness