Regulation of human cutaneous circulation evaluated by laser Doppler flowmetry, iontophoresis, and spectral analysis: Importance of nitric oxide and prostaglandines

Microvascular Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-171

  Kvandal, Per ^a   Stefanovska, Aneta ^b   Veber, Mitja ^b   Kvermmo, Hebe Désirée ^c   Kirkebøen, Knut Arvid ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cutaneous blood flow dynamics; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Oscillations; Prostaglandins; Sodium nitroprusside; Spectral analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART BEAT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037404849     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2862(03)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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