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J Appl Physiol 18: 1057-1060, 1963;
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Effect of oxygen inhalation on cold thresholds

D. M. MacCanon 1 and J. Resnik 1

1 Division of Cardiovascular Research, The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

The effect of oxygen inhalation on cutaneous thresholds for cold sensation was determined by exposing a 50-cm2 area on the chest to a radiant cold source of variable intensity for 2-sec intervals in 11 healthy 23- to 26-yr-old nude subjects at two ambient temperatures. Oxygen breathing produced a similar significant increase in cold thresholds in both cool (22.4–26.5 C) and warm (36.6–39.3 C) environments. Observations at warm ambient temperatures substantiate the oxygen effect independent of suspected reflex vasoconstriction in the cool environment.

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Submitted on March 18, 1963






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