Does neuromuscular thermography record nothing else but an infrared sympathetic skin response?

Thermology International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 107-108

  Ammer, Kurt ^a  

^a European Association of Thermology   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTHELIN; ERGOTAMINE; HISTAMINE; NICOTINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SUBSTANCE P;

DERMATOME; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HEAT EXCHANGE; INFLAMMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR THERMOGRAPHY; RECORDING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 70450190801     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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