Neurosci. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). J. Physiol. Although the decreased blood pressure following exercise has mainly been found to be due to a decreased vascular resistance, the underlying cause for this decreased resistance has not yet been determined. It is unlikely that PEH is the result of thermoregulation or changes in blood volume. Which would decrease the resistance of a blood vessel? Some reports have sought to differentiate between hydrostatic pressure alone (head-out thermoneutral water immersion) vs. hydrostatic pressure plus cold exposure (head-out cold water immersion). Whole-body cold water immersion (CWI) has gained popularity as a post-exercise recovery technique due to its efficacy in recovering thermoregulatory variables including Tc and heart rate (Young et al., 1986) compared to air. (2006). Water temperature appears to play a key role in the effectiveness of water immersion to influence parasympathetic reactivation. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.032250. Still, further investigation of skin surface cooling vs. cold water immersion to prevent reductions in cerebral blood flow velocity specifically following heated exercise is warranted. the changes observed during and immediately after exercise. N2aJQWp\Yj-l(d"U=_>GiNm%IK%))O+%KG)4&r;$(XHS2D%h;>I/,n)mK7E.3F)-l Similarly, whole-body CWI is capable of reducing post-exercise femoral vein diameter (Peiffer et al., 2009) and conductance (Mawhinney et al., 2013, 2017), arm blood flow (Vaile et al., 2011) as well as cutaneous perfusion (Mawhinney et al., 2013, 2017), although the extent of these reductions hold a non-linear relationship with CWI temperature. doi: 10.1113/EP085146, Korhonen, I. All persons designated as authors qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify for authorship are listed. A rise in total peripheral re sistance raises arterial blood pressure which, in turn, tends to reduce the cardiac output (1). Although this may be helpful to some aspects of post-exercise recovery, this persistent vasodilation in the periphery (which can contribute to post-exercise hypotension), tends to exacerbate orthostatic intolerance. Anthropol. Such high, isolated force leads to The degree to which these adjustments can be made when thermoregulatory demand remains high after the cessation of exercise is often overlooked. 313, R594R600. Furthermore and in contrast to males, it has been shown, muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in females is not related to The basic idea behind frequency analyses is that the parasympathetic/vagal control of heart rate can change its activity very quickly. Recording sympathetic nerve activity in conscious humans and other mammals: guidelines and the road to standardization.