The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
• What is the central question of this study?It is currently unknown whether there is a pulmonary vascular response to the combined activation of the muscle and the muscle mechanoreflex in man.
• What is the main finding and its importance?For the first time, we show that activation of the muscle mechanoreflex attenuated the increases in pulmonary vascular resistance caused by metaboreflex activation...
In this study, we aimed to assess the ventilatory and cardiovascular responses to the combined activation of the muscle metaboreflex and the ventilatory chemoreflex, achieved by postexercise circulatory occlusion (PECO) and euoxic hypercapnia (end‐tidal partial pressure of CO2 7 mmHg above normal), respectively. Eleven healthy subjects (4 women and 7 men; 29 ± 4.4 years old; mean ±s.d.) undertook...