Regional brain responses associated with thermogenic and psychogenic sweating events in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2578-2587

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature physiology; Brain mapping; Functional neuroimaging; Humans; Sweating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL MIDCINGULATE CORTEX; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LENTIFORM NUCLEUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOGENIC SWEATING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THALAMUS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOGENIC SWEATING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HEAT; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST; SWEATING;

EID: 84946887219     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00601.2015     Document Type: Article

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