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Changes induced by these treatments were calculated against basic blood flow values for the corresponding patch. The results showed that the basic blood flow over the abdominal skin patches at room temperature was higher than over the dorsal skin in both acclimation states, but comparison revealed a sustainably higher level of basic skin blood flow in the WAC pigeons. The local response to exogenous NO was non-uniform over the two skin areas measured, and a specific vasodilatory action on the abdominal microvessels was recorded in the NOC pigeons. Abdominal vasodilatation in the WAC pigeons seemed to involve other mechanisms as well as local NO-dependent ones, among which the role of cold-induced vasodilatation (CIVD) is discussed here. Interestingly, the dorsal skin seemed to be less responsive to the action of NO, irrespective of the acclimation state.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Our results show that acclimation state and skin site affect the action of exogenous NO on local skin blood flow, and we suggest that the differences reflect acclimation-induced changes in the vascularity of the skin and in its sensitivity to thermal stimuli and that the roles of the abdominal and dorsal skin are different with respect to environmental changes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.01051","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,6,16]],"date-time":"2004-06-16T22:28:46Z","timestamp":1087424926000},"page":"2611-2619","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Local action of exogenous nitric oxide (NO) on the skin blood flow of rock pigeons (<i>Columba livia<\/i>) is affected by acclimation and skin site"],"prefix":"10.1242","volume":"207","author":[{"given":"Liisa M.","family":"Peltonen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Physiology, 00014 University of Helsinki, PO Box 66, FIN 00014 Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahti","family":"Pyo\u0308rnila\u0308","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FIN 90014 Oulu,Finland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"237","reference":[{"key":"2021042509300199000_REF1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Adams, T. and Smith, R. 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