Differential vasodilatory responses to local heating in facial, glabrous and hairy skin

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 361-366

  Metzler Wilson, Kristen ^a   Kellie, Lesley A ^a   Tomc, Christa ^a   Simpson, Chris ^b   Sammons, Dawn ^b   Wilson, Thad E ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon reflex; Facial flushing; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Skin blood flow; Topical lidocaine and prilocaine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PALM OIL; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN SENSATION; VASODILATATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHEEK; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; HAIR; HAND; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PRILOCAINE; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; THERMOSENSING; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864523757     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2012.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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