Age-related changes in sympathetic modulation of sensory nerve activity in rat skin

Inflammation Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Merhi, M ^a   Helme, R D ^a   Khalil, Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Electrical stimulation; Sensory nerves; Sympathetic efferents ageing

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOT PAD; HEALING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPSAICIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHENTOLAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031840784     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050324     Document Type: Article

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