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Cardiovascular and respiratory control mechanisms during exercise: an integrated view.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1960517     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Exercise can impose an immense stress upon many physiological systems throughout the body. In order that exercise performance may be optimally maintained, it is essential that a profound and complex series of responses is coordinated and controlled. The primary site for coordination is the central nervous system, whereas control mechanisms (both feedback loops and feedforward activation) involve complex sensory information, often in the form of neural coding but also in the form of blood-borne chemical signals, a number of levels of peripheral and central integration and, finally, the efferent branches of the nervous system coursing via sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to target sites of action. The neurohumoral control of the cardiorespiratory responses to exercise has received intense attention for over two decades and some particularly important steps forward in its understanding have occurred within the last 10 years. The initial fast increase (phase 1) in cardiovascular and ventilatory flow parameters are brought about by neurally mediated muscle mechanoreceptor feedback reflexes and a feedforward 'central motor command'. The blood pressure operating point is also raised by a combination of these two neural mechanisms. Fine control of the matching of cardiac output to ventilation may occur by means of a feedforward ventilatory control of cardiac origin. During the slower phase of adjustment (phase 2), the neurally mediated mechanisms are augmented by a cohort of humorally mediated feedback reflexes involving muscle and vascular chemoreceptors as well as being supported by central neural reverberation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
D L Turner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of experimental biology     Volume:  160     ISSN:  0022-0949     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Exp. Biol.     Publication Date:  1991 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-01-07     Completed Date:  1992-01-07     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0243705     Medline TA:  J Exp Biol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  309-40     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, University College London, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena*
Exercise / physiology
Feedback
Homeostasis / physiology*
Humans
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Physical Exertion / physiology*
Respiration / physiology*

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