Autonomic nervous function assessment using thermal reactivity of microcirculation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1880-1888

  Bonelli, Raphael M ^a   Költringer, Peter ^a  

^a Hospital BHB Eggenberg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Autonomic PNP; C fibre function; Reactivity of microcirculation; Skin blood flow; Stimulation by heat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EFFERENT NERVE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART BEAT; HYPERPNEA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEAT; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; REFLEX; SKIN;

EID: 0343714684     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00424-7     Document Type: Article

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