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Temperature (Austin). 2020 Oct 30;8(2):176-187. doi: 10.1080/23328940.2020.1832950. eCollection 2021.

Thermoregulatory reflex control of cutaneous vasodilation in healthy aging.

Temperature (Austin, Tex.)

Jody L Greaney, Anna E Stanhewicz, S Tony Wolf, W Larry Kenney

Affiliations

  1. Noll Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
  2. Department of Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA.
  3. Department of Health and Human Physiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

PMID: 33997116 PMCID: PMC8098076 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2020.1832950

Abstract

Reflex cutaneous vasodilation during heating is attenuated in healthy human aging secondary to blunted increases in efferent skin sympathetic nervous system activity (SSNA) and reductions in end-organ sensitivity. Whether age-related alterations in the mean body temperature (

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Keywords: Passive heat stress; microneurography; onset threshold; skin blood flow; skin sympathetic nervous system activity (SSNA)

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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