Left-right asymmetry of the facial microvascular control.
Facial blood flow and temperature were significantly higher on the right side of the forehead compared to the left. This asymmetry implies that the hemispheric autonomic control of the face differs and could influence the expression of emotion.
Dept. of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. mitja.benedicic@kclj.si
Mitja
M
Benedicic
Vinko V
VV
Dolenc
Aneta
A
Stefanovska
Roman
R
Bosnjak
D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D019260:Expressed Emotion / Q000502:physiology; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D005546:Forehead / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008297:Male; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D012881:Skin Temperature; D014666:Vasomotor System / Q000502:physiology