Poster | 6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences |
John Cassella(1), Joseph Kelly(2)
(1)(2)School of Radiography & Podiatry. University of Central England - Birmingham. United Kingdom
[Physiology] |
[Neurology] |
[Nutrition & Diabetics] |
• iontophoresis device (figure 1) for transdermal induction of
– 1% acetylcholine ACh (endothelial dependent response)
– 1% sodium nitroprusside NaNP (non-neurogenic endothelial independent response)
• laser Doppler
– to measure the mean number of red blood cells in an area of the microcirculation of the left hallux
• 18 age/sex matched subjects
– 6 non-insulin dependent diabetics with diabetic neuropathy
– 6 NIDDM subjects without neuropathy
– 6 non diabetic controls
[Physiology] |
[Neurology] |
[Nutrition & Diabetics] |