Asymmetrical responses of skin blood flow in ischemic hindlimbs to electrical stimulation of the unilateral forelimb

• Published in: Microvascular research Vol. 113; pp. 71 - 77
• Main Authors: Huang, Chung-Shin, Sun, Ya-Hui, Wang, Yi-Ting, Pan, Yu-Hung, Wang, Shwu-Fen, Tsai, Yuan-Feen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Bilateral asymmetry; Blood Flow Velocity; Blood Vessels - innervation; Disease Models, Animal; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Electrical stimulation; Forelimb; Hindlimb; Ischemia - physiopathology; Ischemia - therapy; Laser Doppler; Male; Rat; Rats, Wistar; Recovery of Function; Reflex; Regional Blood Flow; Skin - blood supply; Skin blood flow; Somatosympathetic reflex; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Time Factors; Electrical stimulation; Laser Doppler; Bilateral asymmetry; Rat; Somatosympathetic reflex; Skin blood flow

The regulation of skin blood flow (SBF) is primarily mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, but the effects of electrical stimulation (ES) of one limb on SBF in the other limbs remain unknown. The present study investigated the effects of unilateral forelimb ES on SBF in the bilateral hindlimbs...