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.
Benedicic
Mitja
M
Dept. of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. mitja.benedicic@kclj.si
Dolenc
Vinko V
VV
Stefanovska
Aneta
A
Bosnjak
Roman
R
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