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Phase synchronization of skin blood flow oscillations in humans under asymmetric local heating

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The hypothesis is proposed that an external local stimulus may cause a change in the phase relationships of oscillations in the peripheral skin blood flow of contralateral extremities. To test this assumption, the wavelet phase coherence of skin blood flow oscillations of the left and right forearms of 18 healthy volunteers of both sexes at rest and in response to unilateral local heating was investigated. An area of the skin of the left forearm was exposed to heat and the native blood perfusion in an area of the skin of the right forearm was recorded simultaneously. It was shown that an asymmetric local change of skin perfusion led to a significant change in the phase relationships of the blood flow oscillations in all the analyzed frequency ranges. A significant reduction of phase synchronization of oscillations of skin blood flow in the range of endothelial, neurogenic, and myogenic activity, as well as in the range of respiratory rhythm was revealed. In contrast, in the range of the cardiac rhythm, a significant increase in phase synchronization of the oscillations of the blood flow of contralateral skin areas of the forearm was detected.

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Abbreviations

LDF:

laser Doppler flowmetry

WPC:

wavelet phase coherence

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  1. Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    A. V. Tankanag, A. A. Grinevich, I. V. Tikhonova & N. K. Chemeris

  2. Lobachevsky State National Research University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    A. V. Chaplygina

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Tankanag, A.A. Grinevich, I.V. Tikhonova, A.V. Chaplygina, N.K. Chemeris, 2017, published in Biofizika, 2017, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 769–776.

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Tankanag, A.V., Grinevich, A.A., Tikhonova, I.V. et al. Phase synchronization of skin blood flow oscillations in humans under asymmetric local heating. BIOPHYSICS 62, 629–635 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350917040212

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