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Diving Reflex

Known as: Reflex, Diving, dive reflex, reflex dive 
BREATH HOLDING; VASOCONSTRICTION; and a drop in HEART RATE in response to submersion of the face in cold water.
National Institutes of Health

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Mammalian Diving Reflex

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Reflex actionReflex motion descriptor
aspects of radiation effectsdiving/swimmingphysiological aspects

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Review
2015
Review
2015
[The function of the heart changes in implementation of the diving reactions in humans].
The changes of chronotropic function of the heart and of the myocardium in the implementation of the diving response in humans… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Historical Perspectives: Phototherapy
The story of how phototherapy started was documented eloquently some years ago by Dobbs and Cremer. How it came to be used in… 
1999
1999
Brain mechanisms in fatal cardiac arrhythmia
Intravenous injection of histamine to rabbits was used as a prototype in an investigation of the mechanism of sudden death due to… 
1989
1989
Effects on Autonomic Function of a New Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Ramipril
To investigate the effects of ramipril, a new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, on autonomic function, autonomic function… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Hypothermia and cold.
Hypothermia is defined and classified, and the physiology of temperature regulation summarized; fluid balance and the phenomenon… 
1983
1983
Treatment of PAT. Bradycardiac reflexes induced by dive vs. body-tilt.
It has been suggested that the dive reflex (elicited by face immersion in water with breath-hold) may be employed to induce… 
1978
1978
Autonomic function in hemodialyzed patients.
The authors have studied the autonomic function in a group of 34 regular hemodialyzed patients and in a group of 24 normal… 
1971
1971
Afferent structures involved in heart response to diving reflex.
1968
1968
Seasonal temperature influence on vagal contol of diving bradycardia in the frog (Rana Pipiens).
1. The influences of asphyxia, temperature, and restraint on diving bradycardia in amphibia have been considered. 2. In… 
1957
1957
Studies on the seal during the dive reflex.