Economical sweating function in Africans: Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test

Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Lee, Jeong Beom ^a,c   Bae, Jun Sang ^a   Choi, Jeong Hwan ^a   Ham, Joo Hyun ^a   Min, Young Ki ^a   Yang, Hun Mo ^a   Kazuhiro, Shimizu ^b   Matsumoto, Takaaki ^c  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Axon reflex; Direct response; QSART; Sweat onset time; Sweat volume; Tropical natives

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLEX; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING; THAILAND; TROPICS;

EID: 1542316164     PISSN: 12264512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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