Low-frequency galvanic vestibular stimulation evokes two peaks of modulation in skin sympathetic nerve activity

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-446

  Hammam, Elie ^a   Dawood, Tye ^a   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Microneurography; Motion sickness; SSNA; Vestibular; Vestibulosympathetic

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTOID; METALLIC TASTE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTION SICKNESS; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NAUSEA; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLOR; PERONEUS NERVE; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSOIDAL GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SWEAT; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; VESTIBULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERONEAL NERVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875579291     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3090-z     Document Type: Article

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