The anatomy and physiology of the microcirculation in human skin are complex. Normal
cutaneous microcirculation is organized in two parallel plexuses with capillary loops …

Peripheral microvascular dysfunction has been described in many physiological and
pathological conditions. Owing to its accessibility, the cutaneous microcirculation provides a …

Please cite this paper as: Roustit and Cracowski (2012). Non‐invasive Assessment of Skin
Microvascular Function in Humans: An Insight Into Methods. Microcirculation 19 (1), 47–64 …

In this review, we focus on significant developments in our understanding of the
mechanisms that control the cutaneous vasculature in humans, with emphasis on the …

In cardiovascular research, sex and gender have not typically been considered in research
design and reporting until recently. This has resulted in clinical research findings from which …

Cutaneous hyperemia in response to rapid skin local heating to 42° C has been used
extensively to assess microvascular function. However, the response is dependent on both …

OBJECTIVE: We tested the linearity between skin blood flux recorded with laser speckle
contrast imaging (LSCI) and laser Doppler imaging (LDI), comparing different ways of …

New Findings What is the central question of this study? The purpose was to determine
whether there is a difference between African Americans and Caucasians in cutaneous …

Dairy cows with increased rectal temperature experience lower milk yield and fertility. Rectal
temperature during heat stress is heritable, so genetic selection for body temperature …

Nitrate supplementation in the form of beetroot juice has been shown to increase nitric oxide
(NO) where nitrate can be reduced to nitrite and, subsequently, to NO through both nitric …