Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction and Overview
• 2. Heat Stress and Orthostatic Tolerance
• 3. Autonomic Control of Cardiovascular Function
• 4. Thermoregulation During Heat Stress
• 5. The Arterial Baroreflexes in Humans
• 6. Cardiac Output and Blood Flow Redistribution During Heat Stress
• 7. Neurovascular Control During Heat Stress
• 8. Control of Cerebral Perfusion During Heat Stress
• 9. Effects of Dehydration on Autonomic and Cardiovascular Responses to Heat Stress
• 10. Countermeasures for Improving Orthostatic Tolerance During Heat Stress
• 11. Summary and Conclusions
• Author Biographies

About the Author

Zachary Schlader received his Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Science in 2011 from the Massey University (New Zealand). He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, which is located in Dallas, TX. In 2014, he joined the faculty of the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY). He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and currently serves on the editorial board for the American Journal of Physiology: Integrative, Regulatory, and Comparative Physiology. His research is focused on understanding the implications of thermal stress on integrative physiology in healthy and "at risk" (e.g., manual laborers, older adults, various disease states, etc.) populations. To date, his work has focused largely on the autonomic and cardiovascular responses elicited by changes in body temperature. The overall goal is to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and identify ways to mitigate the adverse effects of thermal stress.