ea0044p2 | Adrenal and Steroids | SFEBES2016
Stacey Mike
, Britland Sophie
, Delves Simon
, Burnett Anne
, Fallowfield Joanne
, Brett Stephen
, Allsopp Adrian
, Woods David
Background: Heat acclimatisation (HA) describes phenotypic changes (decreased heart rate, HR; lower core body temperature, Tc) resulting from exposure to a hot environment. Heat tolerance with HA may reflect altered adrenocortical and autonomic nervous responses to heat stress, though evidence for sympathetic downregulation is lacking. Methodological limitations to further investigation (e.g. with direct catecholamine measurement) could be overcome by assaying the catecholamin...