Dynamic autoregulation of cutaneous circulation: Differential control in glabrous versus nonglabrous skin

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 1 58-1, 2005, Pages

  Wilson, Thad E ^a,b   Zhang, Rong ^a,c   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,c   Crandall, Craig G ^a,c  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglionic blockade; Laser doppler flowmetry; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

TRIMETAPHAN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GANGLION BLOCK; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND PALM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HAND; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TRIMETHAPHAN;

EID: 21644473023     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00622.2004     Document Type: Article

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