ReviewJournal of neurophysiology2017
Measuring and quantifying skin sympathetic nervous system activity in humans.
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- Remote Monitoring of Sympathovagal Imbalance During Sleep and Its Implications in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: A Systematic Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A dataset of proteomic changes during human heat stress and heat acclimation.Scientific data · 2023Article
- Noninvasive characterization of peripheral sympathetic activation across sensory stimuli using a peripheral arterial stiffness index.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Human temperature regulation under heat stress in health, disease, and injury.Physiological reviews · 2022Review
- Global warming and testis function: A challenging crosstalk in an equally challenging environmental scenario.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
- Untangling Peripheral Sympathetic Neurocircuits.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- The First Electrophysiological Abnormality in New-onset DM: Autonomic Tests.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2022Article
- Autonomic nervous system activity changes in patients with hypertension and overweight: role and therapeutic implications.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2021Review
- Thermoregulatory reflex control of cutaneous vasodilation in healthy aging.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2021Article
- Individualized analysis of skin thermosensory thresholds and sensitivity in heat-sensitive people with multiple sclerosis.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2021Article
- Historical reviews of the assessment of human cardiovascular function: interrogation and understanding of the control of skin blood flow.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Review
- Chronic statin therapy is associated with enhanced cutaneous vascular responsiveness to sympathetic outflow during passive heat stress.The Journal of physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Development of the technique of microneurography has substantially increased our understanding of the function of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in health and in disease. The ability to directly record signals from peripheral autonomic nerves in conscious humans allows for qualitative and quantitative characterization of SNS responses to specific stimuli and over time. Furthermore, distinct neural outflow to muscle (MSNA) and skin (SSNA) can be delineated. However, there are limitations and caveats to the use of microneurography, measurement criteria, and signal analysis and interpretation. MSNA recordings have a longer history and are considered relatively more straightforward from a measurement and analysis perspective. This brief review provides an overview of the development of the technique as used to measure SSNA. The focus is on the utility of measuring sympathetic activity directed to the skin, the unique issues related to analyzing and quantifying multiunit SSNA, and the challenges related to its interpretation.
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