Evidence of functional β-adrenoceptors in the cutaneous vasculature

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Crandall, C G ^a   Etzel, R A ^b   Johnson, J M ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intradermal microdialysis; Isoproterenol; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Laser Doppler imaging; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33751289998     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.2.h1038     Document Type: Article

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