Active recovery from concussion

JJ Leddy, CG Wilber, BS Willer - Current opinion in neurology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Sustained rest from all activities after concussion, so-called 'cocoon therapy', is not
beneficial to recovery. Evidence supports the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of controlled …

Reflex control of the cardiovascular system during exercise in disease

LC Vianna, JP Fisher - Current Opinion in Physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
The reflex control of the cardiovascular system is essential for the appropriate delivery of
oxygenated blood to the exercising skeletal muscles and as such is paramount for the …

Sex differences in the sympathetic neurocirculatory responses to chemoreflex activation

ALC Sayegh, JL Fan, LC Vianna… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are sex differences in the
cardiorespiratory and sympathetic neurocirculatory responses to central, peripheral, and …

Respiratory modulation of sympathetic transduction to blood pressure in health and type 2 diabetes

MJ Plunkett, S Holwerda, BE Young… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is often accompanied by hypertension, exaggerated blood
pressure (BP) responses to sympatho‐excitatory stressors, and raised cardiovascular …

Face cooling exposes cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunction in recently concussed college athletes

BD Johnson, MC O'Leary, M McBryde… - Physiological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We tested the hypothesis that concussed college athletes (CA) have attenuated
parasympathetic and sympathetic responses to face cooling (FC). Eleven symptomatic CA …

Sex differences in blood pressure regulation during ischemic isometric exercise: the role of the β-adrenergic receptors

M Samora, AV Incognito… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
We sought to investigate whether the β-adrenergic receptors play a pivotal role in sex-
related differences in arterial blood pressure (BP) regulation during isometric exercise …

Central and peripheral chemoreflexes in humans with treated hypertension

ALC Sayegh, JL Fan, M Dawes… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increased peripheral chemoreflex sensitivity is a pathogenic feature of human hypertension
(HTN), while both central and peripheral chemoreflex sensitivities are reportedly augmented …

Capsaicin-based analgesic balm attenuates the skeletal muscle metaboreflex in healthy humans

LC Vianna, IA Fernandes, TC Barbosa… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The exercise pressor reflex (EPR) is comprised of group III and IV skeletal muscle afferents
and is one of the principal mediators of the cardiovascular response to exercise. In animals …

Control of blood pressure in the cold: differentiation of skin and skeletal muscle vascular resistance

H Mugele, K Marume, SB Amin… - Experimental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The primary aim of this investigation was to determine the individual contribution of the
cutaneous and skeletal muscle circulations to the cold‐induced pressor response. To …

Hypoxia-induced vagal withdrawal is independent of the hypoxic ventilatory response in men

C Siebenmann, CK Ryrsø… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Hypoxia increases heart rate (HR) in humans by sympathetic activation and vagal
withdrawal. However, in anaesthetized dogs hypoxia increases vagal activity and reduces …