Frequency response characteristics of sympathetic transmission to skin vascular smooth muscles in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 46-2, 1999, Pages

  Stauss, Harald M ^a   Stegmann, Jens Ulrich ^b   Persson, Pontus B ^a   Häbler, Heinz Joachim ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Lumbar sympathetic trunk stimulation; Power spectrum analysis; Skin blood flow; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0032867603     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.2.r591     Document Type: Article

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