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Open AccessProlonged bedrest reduces plasma high-density lipoprotein levels linked to markedly suppressed cholesterol efflux capacity
Recent observations strongly connect high-density lipoproteins (HDL) function and levels with coronary heart disease outcomes and risk for infections and sepsis. To date, our knowledge of factors determining t...
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Academic Goal Orientation and Cardiovascular Reactivity in a Performance Situation
The present study investigated whether students’ academic goal orientation (learning goals, performance goals, work avoidance) and their individual competence beliefs (their academic self-concept) can predict...
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Short-arm human centrifugation with 0.4g at eye and 0.75g at heart level provides similar cerebrovascular and cardiovascular responses to standing
Orthostatic intolerance continues to be a problem with astronauts upon return to Earth as a result of cerebral and cardiovascular adaptations to weightlessness. We tested the hypothesis that artificial gravity...
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Cardiovascular Effects of Acute Positive Emotional Arousal
Since there are several popular beliefs about putative health benefits of amusement which are empirically substantiated poorly about putative health benefits of amusement, the immediate cardiovascular effects...
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Modulation of plasma adrenomedullin by epinephrine infusion during head up tilt
We investigated whether head up tilt (HUT) with and without simultaneous epinephrine infusion modulate plasma adrenomedullin. We studied eight healthy male volunteers, using two 5 min 70° HUT trials: control (...
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Gravity, the hydrostatic indifference concept and the cardiovascular system
Gravity, like any acceleration, causes a hydrostatic pressure gradient in fluid-filled bodily compartments. At a force of 1G, this pressure gradient amounts to 10 kPa/m. Postural changes alter the distribution...
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Intermittent hypoxic training: risks versus benefits
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Patterns of Cardiovascular Control During Repeated Tests of Orthostatic Loading
To investigate patterns of cardiovascular control, a protocol of head up tilt (HUT) followed by lower body negative pressure (LBNP), which represents a significant cardiovascular control challenge, was employe...
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Adrenomedullin and elements of orthostatic competence after 41 h of voluntary submersion in water as measured in four healthy males
Four men established a new score (Guinness Book of Records) by staying submersed in thermoneutral water (average diving depth 2.5 m) for 41 h without slee**. The aim of this study is to measure circulating horm...
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The continuous high-precision measurement of the density of flowing blood
The “mechanical oscillator” technique for the measurement of the density of fluids is based on the influence of mass on the natural frequency of a mechanical oscillator. The practical application of this princ...
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Spectral analysis of spontaneous contractions of the isolated portal vein of rats
The spontaneous contractions of segments of rat portal veins have been examined in vitro under isotonic and isometric conditions. The power density spectra of recorded time series lasting 10–60 min were calcul...