REGULATION OF CUTANEOUS CIRCULATION DURING BODY HEATING

Abstract

This report summarizes current information concerning the regional adjustments of cutaneous vascular tone during body heating. Most of the data to which reference is made were obtained in the writer's laboratory. The importance of the local skin temperature in accounting for the cutaneous vasodilatation is emphasized and the role of bradykinin is discounted. The regional differences in the onset, temporal sequence, and extent of the cutaneous vasodilatation are not explained by reference to a central thermostat in the hypothalamus.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 1962
Accession Number
AD0274078

Entities

People

  • Alrick B. Hertzman

Organizations

  • Saint Louis University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blood
  • Blood Flow
  • Blood Vessels
  • Body Temperature
  • Brain
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Equations
  • Heat Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Medical Laboratories
  • Observation
  • Perfusion
  • Regulations
  • Sweat Glands
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Vascular Diseases

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.