Sympathetic sudomotor neural function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-44

  Shindo, Kazumasa ^a   Watanabe, Harue ^a   Ohta, Emiko ^a   Nagasaka, Takamura ^a   Shiozawa, Zenji ^a   Takiyama, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; central autonomic pathway; skin sympathetic nerve activity; skin vasomotor refl ex; sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN NERVE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEAT GLANDS; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 79251610597     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2010.508529     Document Type: Article

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