The discharge behaviour of single sympathetic neurones supplying human sweat glands

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-286

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Wallin, B Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Microneurography; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Sudomotor; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SWEAT GLAND; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PERONEAL NERVE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SKIN; SWEAT GLANDS; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030583829     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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