Pilocarpine-induced sweat gland function in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1740-1744

  Davis, Scott L ^a,c   Wilson, Thad E ^b   Vener, Jamie M ^a,f   Crandall, Craig G ^c,d   Petajan, Jack H ^e   White, Andrea T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Sudomotor; Sweat gland density; Sweat rate

Indexed keywords

IODINE; PILOCARPINE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEAT GLAND FUNCTION; SWEATING;

ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOCARPINE; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 17644387546     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00860.2004     Document Type: Article

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