Blood Pressure

Effects of sex and ageing on the human respiratory muscle metaboreflex
Intense inspiratory muscle work evokes a sympathetically mediated pressor reflex, termed the respiratory muscle metaboreflex, in which …
Michael Leahy, Shalaya Kipp, Jenna Benbaruj, Nisha Charkoudian, Glen E. Foster, Michael Koehle, William Sheel
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Reduced blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses during exercise in lowlanders acclimatizing to high altitude.
What is the central question of this study? The aim was to determine, using the technique of agitated saline contrast echocardiography, …
Lindsey M Boulet, Andrew T Lovering, Michael M Tymko, Trevor A Day, Mike Stembridge, Trang Anh Nguyen, Philip N Ainslie, Glen E Foster
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The effect of consistent practice of yogic breathing exercises on the human cardiorespiratory system
Joshua A A McKay, Cara L McCulloch, Jordan S Querido, Glen E Foster, Michael S Koehle, A William Sheel
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Intermittent hypoxia and arterial blood pressure control in humans: role of the peripheral vasculature and carotid baroreflex.
Intermittent hypoxia (IH) occurs in association with obstructive sleep apnea and likely contributes to the pathogenesis of …
Joshua C Tremblay, Lindsey M Boulet, Michael M Tymko, Glen E Foster
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Comparing and characterizing transient and steady-state tests of the peripheral chemoreflex in humans
Jamie R Pfoh, Michael M Tymko, Maria Abrosimova, Lindsey M Boulet, Glen E Foster, Anthony R Bain, Philip N Ainslie, Craig D Steinback, Christina D Bruce, Trevor A Day
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The contribution of arterial blood gases in cerebral blood flow regulation and fuel utilization in man at high altitude.
The effects of partial acclimatization to high altitude (HA; 5,050 m) on cerebral metabolism and cerebrovascular function have not been …
Christopher K Willie, David B MacLeod, Kurt J Smith, Nia C Lewis, Glen E Foster, Keita Ikeda, Ryan L Hoiland, Philip N Ainslie
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Hypoxia, not pulmonary vascular pressure, induces blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses.
KEY POINTS:Blood flow through intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses (IPAVA) is increased by acute hypoxia during rest by unknown …
Joshua C Tremblay, Andrew T Lovering, Philip N Ainslie, Mike Stembridge, Keith R Burgess, Akke Bakker, Joseph Donnelly, Samuel J E Lucas, Nia C S Lewis, Paolo B Dominelli, William R Henderson, Giulio S Dominelli, A William Sheel, Glen E Foster
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Resting pulmonary haemodynamics and shunting: a comparison of sea-level inhabitants to high altitude Sherpas
The incidence of blood flow through intracardiac shunt and intrapulmonary arteriovenous anastomoses (IPAVA) may differ between Sherpas …
Glen E. Foster, Philip N. Ainslie, Mike Stembridge, Trevor A. Day, Akke Bakker, Samuel J. E. Lucas, Nia C. S. Lewis, David B. MacLeod, Andrew T. Lovering
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Regional changes in brain blood flow during severe passive hyperthermia; the effects of PaCO2 and extra-cranial blood flow.
We investigated; 1) the regional distribution of cerebral blood flow (CBF), 2) the influence of end-tidal PCO2 (PETCO2) on CBF, and 3) …
Anthony Richard Bain, Kurt J Smith, Nia C Lewis, Glen Edward Foster, Kevin W Wildfong, Christopher K Willie, Geoffrey L Hartley, Stephen S Cheung, Philip N Ainslie
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Dynamic cerebral autoregulation during and following acute hypoxia: role of carbon dioxide.
Previous research has shown an inconsistent effect of hypoxia on dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA), which may be explained by …
Jordan S Querido, Philip N Ainslie, Glen E Foster, William R Henderson, John R Halliwill, Najib T Ayas, A William Sheel
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