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THE EFFECT OF ETHANOL ON THE RESPONSE OF HAND BLOOD FLOW TO DISTANT ICE APPLICATION
Author(s) -
Walsh J. A.,
Vincent Annette H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1440-1681
pISSN - 0305-1870
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1974.tb00549.x
Subject(s) - vasomotor , ethanol , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , chemistry , medullary cavity , endocrinology , anesthesia , medicine , biochemistry
SUMMARY 1. The effect of orally administered ethanol on the vasoconstrictor response of hand resistance vessels to application of ice to the neck has been studied in normal subjects. 2. Ethanol significantly reduced the ice response. 3. The mechanism of this blocking action is obscure, but a central inhibitory action, possibly at the ponto‐medullary vasomotor centre level, is postulated.