Oral vitamin C enhances the adrenergic vasoconstrictor response to local cooling in human skin

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1689-1697

  Yamazaki, Fumio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Core temperature; Glabrous skin; Skin cooling; Tyramine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BRETYLIUM TOSYLATE; TYRAMINE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INNERVATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IONTOPHORESIS; JAPAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; BRETYLIUM TOSYLATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; IONTOPHORESIS; JAPAN; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TYRAMINE; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862063981     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00043.2012     Document Type: Article

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