Nonuniform, age-related decrements in regional sweating and skin blood flow

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Skin blood flow; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEAT GLAND FUNCTION; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THIGH; VASODILATATION;

AGING; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEATING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84885660643     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00290.2013     Document Type: Article

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