Identification of sites of sympathetic outflow at rest and during emotional arousal: Concurrent recordings of sympathetic nerve activity and fMRI of the brain

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-459

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; FMRI; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Skin blood flow; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Sweat release

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR INSULA; AROUSAL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL AROUSAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; REVIEW; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FMRI; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SWEAT RELEASE;

AROUSAL; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84885383364     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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