Water-immersion wrinkling is due to vasoconstriction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Wilder Smith, Einar P V ^a   Chow, Adeline ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autonomic function testing; Small nerve fiber; Sympathetic test; Vasomotor control; Water immersion skin wrinkling

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER;

EID: 0037369559     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10323     Document Type: Article

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