Sympathetic microneurography

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 353-364

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microelectrodes; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Single unit recordings; Skin sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYTOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE-UNIT RECORDINGS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY;

MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SINGLE-UNIT RECORDINGS; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84884911586     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53491-0.00028-6     Document Type: Chapter

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