Fingertip temperature as an indicator for sympathetic responses

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Kistler, Andreas ^a   Mariauzouls, Charles ^b   Von Berlepsch, Klaus ^a  

^a Soft Medicine Project   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Psychophysiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system (ANS); Cutaneous microcirculation; Fingertip temperature; Sympathetic responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; COLD; EMOTIONS; FINGERS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NOISE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031749719     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(97)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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