Temperature conditioning of nasal air: Effects of vasoactive agents and involvement of nitric oxide

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1260-1265

  Holden, William E ^a,c   Wilkins, John P ^a   Harris, Michelle ^a   Milczuk, Henry A ^b   Giraud, George D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nose; Temperature regulation; Vasoconstrictor; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYMETAZOLINE; PAPAVERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

EID: 0032821240     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1260     Document Type: Article

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