The influence of skin temperature on latency and amplitude of the sympathetic skin response in normal subjects

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-39

  Deltombe, Thierry ^a   Hanson, Philippe ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Clérin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Autonomic nervous system; Latency; Skin temperature; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031982537     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199801)21:1<34::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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