Regional relation between skin blood flow and sweating to passive heating and local administration of acetylcholine in young, healthy humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Caroline J ^a   Larry Kenney, W ^a   Alexander, Lacy M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser doppler flowmetry; Microdialysis; Regional; Skin blood flow; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER FLOWMETER; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMAL STIMULATION; THIGH; BLOOD FLOW; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SWEATING; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878215026     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00514.2012     Document Type: Article

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