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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 631-636 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Biophotonics |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 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