Oscillations in the human cutaneous blood perfusion signal modified by endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilators

Microvascular Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 298-309

  Kvernmo, Hebe Désirée ^a,b   Stefanovska, Aneta ^c,d   Kirkebøen, Knut Arvid ^b   Kvernebo, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cutaneous blood flow dynamics; Endothelium mediated vasodilatation; Nitric oxide; Oscillations; Sodium nitroprusside; Spectral analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032801461     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1998.2139     Document Type: Article

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