LaFontaine, Michael, Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, and Willcox, Kendal

Over the past twenty years, opioid drug use has increased, causing an epidemic of opioid abuse that is killing tens of thousands of people every year. Current treatment options for opioid abuse disorder include alternative...

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Blakesley, Jeffrey, Clegg, Patrick, Wilson, Thad, and Metzler-Wilson, Kristen

Sympathetic-like axon reflexes drive the initial increase in blood flow of the biphasic cutaneous vasodilation response of non-glabrous skin to local heating. It is currently unknown whether this process is involved in the...

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Alibegovic, Kenan, Daggett, James, Narra, Seetharam, Wilson, Thad, Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, Kocherlakota, Uma, and Fang, Milie

30 cm from heart level; CVAR), venoarteriolar response plus a decrease in perfusion pressure (venous occlusion by proximal cuff inflation; CVAR with DPP), and ischemia (arterial occlusion by proximal cuff inflation) and sweat...

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Alibegovic, Kenan, Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, Daggett, James, Wilson, Thad, and Fang, Milie

1.0°C. Arm and leg SkBF (laser-Doppler flowmetry) was decreased by engaging the venoarteriolar response (limb lowered ~30 cm from heart level; CVAR), venoarteriolar response plus a decrease in perfusion pressure (venous...

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Schmale, Trenton, Rodimel, Benjamin, Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, Wilson, Thad, Schaub, Andrew, Krause, B., and Vrable, Abby

Introduction: In 2012, approximately 19 million adults in the U.S. used some form of manipulative treatment as part of their overall healthcare. Suboccipital release (SOR) is a commonly used manual medicine technique of the...

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Toma, Kumika, Eaton, Emily, Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, Wilson, Thad, Jurovcik, Andrew, and Sammons, Dawn

30-60 min. Changes in SkBF spectral power in VLF and LF ranges from baseline to heating were determined using fast-Fourrier transform. Both groups increased spectral power within both the VLF and LF ranges. Compared to healthy...

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Metzler-Wilson, Kristen, Narra, Seetharam, Wilson, Thad, and Schneider, Artur

Bradykinin, a local dermal kallikrein-kinin system product, increases skin blood flow via a cyclic GMP mechanism but is not the active cutaneous vasodilation molecule associated with cholinergic stimulation. However, the...

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