A Comparison of Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity to Non-contracting Muscle During Isometric Exercise in the Upper and Lower Limbs

Previous research indicates that greater sympathetic vasoconstrictor drive to skeletal muscle occurs during isometric upper limb exercise compared to lower limb exercise. However, potential disparity between blood flow and metaboreflex activation in contracting upper and lower limbs could contribute...

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Main Authors: Daniel Boulton, Simon Green, Vaughan G. Macefield, Chloe E. Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00341/full