Firing properties of sudomotor neurones in hyperhidrosis and thermal sweating

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-330

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Sverrisdottir, Yrsa B ^c   Elam, Mikael ^c   Harris, John ^d  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Single unit; Sudomotor; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; SWEAT GLANDS; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 57849166986     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-008-0507-7     Document Type: Article

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