Age-specific skin blood flow responses to acute capsaicin

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-310

  Munce, Thayne A ^a   Kenney, W Larry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DRUG EFFECT; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037381857     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.4.b304     Document Type: Article

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