Local response to cold in rat tail after spinal cord transection

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1976-1985

  Kalincik, Tomas ^a   Jozefcikova, Katarina ^a   Waite, Phil M E ^a   Carrive, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Infrared thermography; Raynaud's phenomenon; Skin blood flow; Sympathetic nervous system; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RAT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TAIL; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAIL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 66749184760     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00095.2009     Document Type: Article

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