Frequency response characteristics of sympathetically mediated vasomotor waves in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Stauss, Harald M ^a,c   Anderson, Erling A ^b   Haynes, William G ^b   Kregel, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microneurography; Power spectrum analysis; Skin blood flow; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031923177     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.4.h1277     Document Type: Article

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