Evaluation of forearm microvascular blood flow regulation by laser Doppler flowmetry, iontophoresis, and curve analysis: Contribution of axon reflex

Microvascular Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Özbebit, Fatma Y ^a   Esen, Ferhan ^a   Güleç, Sacit ^a   Esen, Hamza ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Axon reflex; Curve analysis; Iontophoresis; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURVE FITTING; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AXONS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; REFLEX; VASODILATION;

EID: 2342588810     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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