Thermal provocation to evaluate microvascular reactivity in human skin

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1239-1246

  Minson, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Cutaneous; Endothelial; Heat; Hyperemia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78149317291     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00414.2010     Document Type: Review

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