Active cutaneous vasodilation in resting humans during mild heat stress

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 829-837

  Kamijo, Yoshi Ichiro ^a   Lee, Kichang ^a   Mack, Gary W ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude to duration ratio; Bretylium; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Skin temperature; Thermoneutral

Indexed keywords

BRETYLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPACITANCE BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRETYLIUM COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; REFLEX; REST; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 14144254618     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00235.2004     Document Type: Article

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