Low and high frequency acupuncture stimulation inhibits mental stress-induced sweating in humans via different mechanisms

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-101

  Ogata, Akihiro ^a,b   Sugenoya, Junichi ^a   Nishimura, Naoki ^a   Matsumoto, Takaaki ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central sudomotor mechanism; Electroacupuncture; Mental stress induced sweating; Sweat expulsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SWEATING; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 15944399906     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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