Cutaneous blood flow and sweat rate responses to exogenous administration of acetylcholine and methacholine

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1856-1861

  Kimura, Kenichi ^a   Low, David A ^a   Keller, David M ^a,b   Davis, Scott L ^a,b   Crandall, Craig G ^a,b,c  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

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

^c Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Microdialysis; Sweating; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE; METHACHOLINE; NEOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SWEAT GLAND; SWEATING; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEOSTIGMINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SWEATING; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34247846060     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01069.2006     Document Type: Article

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