Effect of Noradrenergic Blockade on Low‐frequency Oscillations of Human Skin Microcirculation.

摘要: Under normothermic conditions, the skin of the leg has higher sympathetic activity than the skin of the forearm; by contrast, after locally heating the skin to 42°C, the skin of the forearm has higher sympathetic activity. Work in human skin free flaps suggested that the vasomotion waves around 0.021–0.52 Hz corresponded to sympathetic activity. PURPOSE No study has verified the low‐frequency oscillations corresponding to sympathetic activity (0.021–0.052 Hz) in intact, healthy human skin. We hypothesized that sympathetic blockade would reduce the power in this low‐frequency band under normothermic conditions as well as in response to local skin heating. We examined the effects of acute, localized sympathetic nerve blockade on the low‐frequency oscillations of skin blood flow (SkBF) of the forearm and leg. METHODS Nine volunteers (6 male, 3 female) had 2 sites on each limb prepared with microdialysis …