Influence of female reproductive hormones on local thermal control of skin blood flow

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1719-1723

  Charkoudian, Nisha ^a   Stephens, Dan P ^a   Pirkle, Kenna C ^a   Kosiba, Wojciech A ^a   Johnson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous circulation; Estrogen; Human; Local temperature; Progesterone; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; COOLING; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032756954     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.5.1719     Document Type: Article

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