Mechanisms of vasoconstriction with direct skin cooling in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Johnson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHO KINASE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD FLOW; COOLING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34147164397     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00048.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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