Skin blood flow and local temperature independently modify sweat rate during passive heat stress in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1301-1306

  Wingo, Jonathan E ^a,b,c   Low, David A ^a   Keller, David M ^a,b   Brothers, R Matthew ^a,b   Shibasaki, Manabu ^d   Crandall, Craig G ^a,b  

^a Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microdialysis; Skin temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINETICS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78549287806     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00646.2010     Document Type: Article

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