Subtle involvement of the sympathetic nervous system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 402-408

  Liam Oey, P ^a,c   Vos, Pieter E ^a   Wieneke, George H ^a   Wokke, John H J ^a   Blankestijn, Peter J ^b   Karemaker, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Barorerlex sensitivity; Cold pressor test; Intermediolateral nucleus neuron; Lower body negative pressure; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Stand up test; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0036200708     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10049     Document Type: Article

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