Climatic and ecologic conditions of the Northern territories and their effect on the cardiovascular and nervous system in humans

Demin D.B.

The Institute of Environmental Physiology, Russian Acad. Sci., Ural Branch, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation

Abstract. The review provides a brief description of the climatic factors determining human discomfortable living conditions in the North. In the main review part presents the current literature data substantiating the role of human adaptive responses in the regulation of cardiac and nervous activity, discussed their involvement in the mechanisms of adaptation to extreme environmental factors. Emphasis is placed on the physiological mechanisms of the functional development of the brain, autonomic nervous system, the circulatory and respiratory systems in child and adolescent population of the North.

Key words: cardiovascular system, nervous system, adaptation, North.

 

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Demin Denis B. e¬mail: denisdemin@mail.ru
The Institute of Environmental Physiology, Russian Acad. Sci., Ural Branch
Ph.D. Biol., Senior staff ientist of Biorhythmology Laboratory.
249, Lomonosov av., Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, 163000

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