Influence of thermal balance on cold-induced vasodilation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1264-1271

  Flouris, Andreas D ^a,c   Cheung, Stephen S ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finger blood flow; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; COLD INDUCED VASODILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION; WARMING; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE; BLOOD FLOW; FINGER; HEART RATE; KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SPIROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROC CURVE; SPIROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149147548     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91426.2008     Document Type: Article

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