Local vasodilator action of carbon dioxide on blood vessels of the hand
- 1 May 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 14 (3) , 414-416
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1959.14.3.414
Abstract
Immersion of the hand in water saturated with carbon dioxide causes an increase of about 40% in the rate of heat elimination to water at 29℃. This indicates a local vasodilatation of the resistance blood vessels. Submitted on July 28, 1958Keywords
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