Decoding rule from vasoconstrictor skin sympathetic nerve activity to nonglabrous skin blood flow in humans at normothermic rest

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 439, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Kamiya, Atsunori ^a,b   Michikami, Daisaku ^a,b   Iwase, Satoshi ^b,c   Mano, Tadaaki ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous circulation; Skin blood flow; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Transfer function; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 44649178592     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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