Nitric oxide and noradrenaline contribute to the temperature threshold of the axon reflex response to gradual local heating in human skin

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 572, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 811-820

  Houghton, Belinda L ^a   Meendering, Jessica R ^a   Wong, Brett J ^a   Minson, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRETYLIUM TOSYLATE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; COLD STRESS; REFLEX; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; AXONS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645822812     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.104067     Document Type: Article

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