Respiratory-induced vasoconstriction measured by light transmission and by laser Doppler signal

  • Eran Shalom
  • , Salman Noach
  • , Youval Slovik
  • , Meir Nitzan

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    Abstract

    Changes in finger tissue blood volume (TBV) measured by light transmission and in laser Doppler flow (LDF) were obtained during long breathing (of 12 s period) and associated with the respiratory phases, inspiration and expiration. For fifteen out of sixteen subjects TBV and LDF started to decrease 0-2 s after the start of expiration and increased during inspiration but the start of increase occurred before the start of inspiration, showing that the respiratory-induced changes in TBV and LDF are mainly associated with the expiration. Decrease of TBV and LDF after expiration was also found during the inspiratory gasps.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)631-636
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of Biophotonics
    Volume6
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Aug 2013

    Keywords

    • Expiration
    • Inspiration
    • Laser Doppler flowmetry
    • Light absorption
    • Microcirculation
    • Sympathetic nervous system

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Materials Science
    • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
    • General Engineering
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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