Age-specific modification of local cutaneous vasodilation by capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1016-1024

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 113 Noll Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Laser Doppler imaging; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSAICIN SENSITIVE PRIMARY AFFERENT NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0041922420     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00934.2002     Document Type: Article

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