Cutaneous vasomotor reactions in response to controlled heat applied on various body regions of healthy humans: Evaluation of time course and application parameters

International Journal of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-209

  Gazerani, Parisa ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Perfusion; Skin; Temperature; Vasomotor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TIME; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 80052987423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19448171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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