Influence of vehicle resistance on transdermal iontophoretic delivery of acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 883-887

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Newton, David J ^a   Smyth, Emily C ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DRUG VEHICLE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

ACETYLCHOLINE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASODILATION; VEHICLES; WATER;

EID: 4344591346     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00373.2004     Document Type: Article

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