Brain stem representation of thermal and psychogenic sweating in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Farrell, Michael J ^a   Trevaks, David ^a   Taylor, Nigel A S ^b   McAllen, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC SWEATING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STROOP TEST; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SWEATING;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING;

EID: 84878636597     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00041.2013     Document Type: Article

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