Scopolamine increases prehensile force during object manipulation by reducing palmar sweating and decreasing skin friction

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 578-583

  Smith, Allan M ^a   Cadoret, Geneviève ^a   St Amour, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Friction; Grasping; Scopolamine; Sweat

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLASTIC; POLYAMIDE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRICTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SWEATING; THUMB; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRICTION; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; SCOPOLAMINE; SKIN; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 0030999531     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005666     Document Type: Article

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