CellWell record HH-19499
Cold-water face immersion per se elicits cardiac parasympathetic activity
Kinoshita T; Nagata S; Baba R; Kohmoto T; Iwagaki S
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society ยท 2006
In plain language
In eight volunteers cold-water face immersion lengthened R-R intervals and raised high-frequency heart rate variability independently of bending posture or breath holding, indicating a mainly cardiac vagal origin.
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