Real-time imaging of brain areas involved in the generation of spontaneous skin sympathetic nerve activity at rest

NeuroImage

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-194

  James, Cheree ^a   Henderson, Luke ^b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

FMRI; Microneurography; Skin sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT POSTERIOR INSULA; LEFT THALAMUS; MALE; MID CINGULATE CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ANTERIOR INSULA; RIGHT FRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SUBCORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REST; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874976756     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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