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. 2017 Nov 9;5(21):e13488. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13488

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© 2017 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Physiological Society and the American Physiological Society.

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(A) The average changes in regional facial skin blood flows during emotionally charged challenges (comedy, landscape, and horror) in eight subjects. The data during each emotional challenge, which were collected as the mean value over the three consecutive bouts, were further averaged among the subjects. (B) The average changes in regional facial skin vascular conductance during emotionally charged challenges (comedy, landscape, and horror) in eight subjects. Facial skin vascular conductance was calculated as a ratio between facial skin blood flow and MAP. a.u., arbitrary unit. *Significant difference (P < 0.05) from the baseline control. ^†Significant difference (P < 0.05) between emotional challenges.