Evidence of a myogenic response in vasomotor control of forearm and palm cutaneous microcirculations

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 535-539

  Durand, S ^a   Zhang, R ^a,b   Cui, J ^a   Wilson, T E ^a   Crandall, C G ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Skin blood flow; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

TRIMETAPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GANGLION BLOCK; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TRIMETHAPHAN; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 3242693237     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01299.2003     Document Type: Article

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