<b>Studies on the Reactions of the Cutaneous Vessels to Cold Exposure</b>

Abstract

Abstract F olkow , B., R. H. F ox , J. K rog , H. O delram and O. T horés . Studies on the reactions of the cutaneous vessels to cold exposure . Acta physiol. stand. 1963. 58 . 342—354. — Some inter‐relationships between the mechanisms responsible for the vascular responses to intense cooling have been studied in cats and in man. The results suggest that both the initial intense blood flow decrease and the subsequent cold vasodilatation are complex in nature, each appearing to depend on a number of quite different mechanisms which are briefly discussed. There are good reasons to assume that the relative importance of each of the mechanisms involved may vary considerably depending on the circumstances, and that under certain conditions one or more may even be eliminated without changing the trend of the net response.