title: [Contractile responses of subcutaneous vessels to drops in temperature].
abstract: In rabbits, application of ice-cold water to the ear lowers the skin temperature by 10.3 degrees C and, within 3-4 sec, the temperature in the subcutaneous vein by 4.3 degrees C. A stepwise cooling of isolated subcutaneous artery or vein causes their constriction, and warming dilates the vessels with maximal amplitude when the temperature is changed by 8-12 degrees C. Further cooling or warming diminishes the response. Optimal constrictory responses of subcutaneous vessels to a standard dose of norepinephrine were observed at 38-32 degrees C.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003250:Constriction; D004431:Ear, External / Q000098:blood supply*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012881:Skin Temperature
chemical_list: D009638:Norepinephrine
vernacular_title: Kontraktil' nye reaktsii podkozhnykh sosudov na perepady temperatury.