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vasoconstrictor [¦vā·zō·kən′strik·tər] (physiology) A nerve or an agent that causes blood vessel constriction. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Indergand and Morgan[9] demonstrated that TENS, applied in this manner, does not alter skin leg blood flow or vascular resistance in the leg, or skin temperature, suggesting that sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers are not activated during transcutaneous stimulation. The postulated mechanism for the Tens-related blood flow alterations in these reports is either an inhibitory[1,2] or a stimulatory[3] influence on sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers traveling in peripheral nerves, |
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