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Piloerection

Known as: goose flesh, pilomotor reflex, horripilation 
The reflex process in which the arrectores pilorum (hair follicle) muscles contract and cause the hair to stand erect. [GOC:BHF, http://en.wikipedia… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Effect of ethanol dependence and withdrawal on the catecholamines in rat brain and heart.
: To study whether ethanol dependence is accompanied by changes in the brain monoamines, male Sprague-Dawley rats were intubated… 
1999
1999
Congenital smooth muscle hamartoma of the skin: clinical classification.
1991
1991
Dopamine-induced localized cutaneous vasoconstriction and piloerection.
To the Editor. —Dopamine is a common drug used in the emergency department and intensive care unit settings. Previously reported… 
1986
1986
Comparative cold responses of men and women to external and internal cold stimuli.
: Experiments were conducted comparing the relative contribution of internal and external cold stimuli in the initiation of… 
1985
1985
Standardized intraabdominal abscess formation with generalized sepsis: pathophysiology in the rat.
Gelatine capsules containing Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis in a standardized mixture with rat colonic content and… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Changes in body temperature of the unanaesthetized monkey produced by sodium and calcium ions perfused through the cerebral ventricles
1. In the unanaesthetized Rhesus monkey, solutions containing sodium, calcium, potassium or magnesium in excess of the normal… 
1957
1957
5-Hydroxytryptamine antagonism by lysergic acid diethylamide after intracerebral injection in conscious mice.
  • T. Haley
  • Journal of the American Pharmaceutical…
  • 1957
  • Corpus ID: 36562599
The centrally induced effects of 5-HT and LSD and three of its derivatives have been studied following intracerebral injection in… 
1953
1953
The role of emotions in dermatoses.
The skin may reveal emotional states as eloquently as do the muscles of facial expression. Control of facial muscles may keep the… 
1949
1949
Tropical anhidrotic asthenia; thermogenic anhidrosis.
IN 1944, Wolkin, Goodman and Kelley 1 described a new syndrome when they reported 8 cases of failure of the sweat mechanism. The… 
1939
1939
PILOMOTOR ACTION OF NICOTINE: A New Pharmacodynamic Test of the Skin
If 0.1 to 0.2 cc. of nicotine sulfate or nicotine picrate diluted with physiologic solution of sodium chloride to a concentration… 
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