INDIRECT EVIDENCE FOR ARTERIAL CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX FACILITATION BY FACE IMMERSION IN MAN

1 January 1976

journal article
research article

Vol. 47 (6) , 597-599

Abstract

The usual diving bradycardia can be greatly intensified when face immersion is superimposed on a state of apneic exercise. This intensification is neither due to chemoreceptor stimulation or to face immersion per se. The intensification is caused by chemoreceptor reflex facilitation, due to stimulation of trigeminal receptors in the face.

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Cardiovascular effects of face immersion and factors affecting diving reflex in man.
Journal of Applied Physiology, 1967