Nonspecific vasodilatation during transdermal iontophoresis - The effect of voltage over the skin

Microvascular Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 172-178

  Droog, E J ^a,b   Sjoberg F ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depolarization; Hyperpolarization; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Skin

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONIC STRENGTH; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037404762     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2862(03)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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