Temporal and thermal variations in site-specific thermoregulatory sudomotor thresholds: Precursor versus discharged sweat production

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-123

  Machado Moreira, Christiano A ^a   Barry, Robert J ^a   Vosselman, Martin J ^a   Ruest, Rafael M ^a   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eccrine sweat glands; Electrodermal; Skin conductance; Sudomotor; Sweating; Thermoregulation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SWEAT GLAND; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SWEAT GLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919875461     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12292     Document Type: Article

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