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ArticleJournal of physiological anthropology2020

Low-frequency oscillations of finger skin blood flow during the initial stage of cold-induced vasodilation at different air temperatures.

Toshihiro Sera, Taiki Kohno, Yusuke Nakashima, Musashi Uesugi, Susumu Kudo

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Article in Journal of physiological anthropology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. Cold-induced vasodilation: A meta-analysis.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2026
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Toshihiro SeraDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. sera@mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-327X
Taiki KohnoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yusuke NakashimaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Musashi UesugiGraduate School of Systems Life Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Susumu KudoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) is known to be influenced by the ambient temperature. Frequency analysis of blood flow provides information on physiological regulation of the cardiovascular system, such as myogenic, neurogenic, endothelial nitric oxide (NO) dependent, and NO-independent activities. In this study, we hypothesized that the major origin of CIVD occurs prior to the CIVD event and investigated finger skin blood flow during the initial stage of CIVD at different ambient temperatures using frequency analysis.

methodsEighteen healthy volunteers immersed their fingers in 5 °C water at air temperatures of 20 °C and 25 °C. Finger skin blood flow was measured using laser Doppler flowmetry and analyzed using Morlet mother wavelet. We defined the time when the rate of blood flow increased dramatically as the onset of CIVD, and defined three phases as the periods from the onset of cooling to minimum blood flow (vasoconstriction), from minimum blood flow to the onset of CIVD (prior to CIVD), and from the onset of CIVD to maximum blood flow (CIVD).

resultsThe increment ratio of blood flow at CIVD was significantly higher at 20 °C air temperature. In particular, at 20 °C air temperature, arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs) might be closed at baseline, as finger skin temperature was much lower than at 25 °C air temperature, and endothelial NO-independent activity was significantly higher and neurogenic activity significantly lower during vasoconstriction than at baseline. Additionally, the differences in both activities between vasoconstriction and prior to CIVD were significant. On the other hand, there were no significant differences in endothelial NO-dependent activity between baseline and all phases at both air temperatures.

conclusionsOur results indicated that the increase of endothelial NO-independent activity and the decrease of neurogenic activity may contribute to the high increment ratio of blood flow at CIVD at 20 °C air temperature.

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Cold TemperatureAdolescentAdultArteriovenous AnastomosisFemaleFingersHumansMaleVasodilationWavelet AnalysisYoung AdultAir temperatureArteriovenous anastomosesCold-induced vasodilationFinger skin blood flowWavelet analysis

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