Sympathetic skin response: basic mechanisms and clinical applications

R Vetrugno, R Liguori, P Cortelli… - Clinical autonomic …, 2003 - Springer
Sympathetic skin response (SSR), defined as the momentary change of the electrical
potential of the skin, may be spontaneous or reflexively evoked by a variety of internal or by …

Sweat testing to evaluate autonomic function

BMW Illigens, CH Gibbons - Clinical Autonomic Research, 2009 - Springer
Sudomotor dysfunction is common in many subtypes of neuropathy but is one of the earliest
detectable neurophysiologic abnormalities in distal small fiber neuropathy. Clinical …

AAEM minimonograph# 48: autonomic nervous system testing

JM Ravits - Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of the American …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The autonomic nervous system maintains internal homeostasis by regulating
cardiovascular, thermoregulatory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, exocrine, and pupillary …

[PDF][PDF] Sympathetic skin response: review of the method and its clinical use

P Kucera, Z Goldenberg, E Kurca - BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE …, 2004 - researchgate.net
Sympathetic skin response (SSR) represents a potential generated in skin sweat glands; it
originates by activation of the reflex arch with different kinds of stimuli. The potential of rapid …

RR interval variation and the sympathetic skin response in the assessment of autonomic function in peripheral neuropathy

BT Shahani, TJ Day, D Cros, N Khalil… - Archives of …, 1990 - jamanetwork.com
• The diagnostic value of two simple tests of autonomic function, the RR interval variation
and the sympathetic skin response, was evaluated relative to symptoms of dysautonomia in …

Imaging facial signs of neurophysiological responses

D Shastri, A Merla, P Tsiamyrtzis… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the present paper, we introduce an integrated framework for detecting peripheral
sympathetic responses through purely imaging means. The measurements are performed …

Autonomic nervous system disorders in stroke

JT Korpelainen, KA Sotaniemi, VV Myllylä - Clinical Autonomic Research, 1999 - Springer
Disturbances of the autonomic nervous system are common in patients with various
cerebrovascular diseases. They are attributed to damage of the central autonomic network …

Perinasal imaging of physiological stress and its affective potential

D Shastri, M Papadakis, P Tsiamyrtzis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a novel framework for quantifying physiological stress at a distance
via thermal imaging. The method captures stress-induced neurophysiological responses on …

[HTML][HTML] Fast by nature-how stress patterns define human experience and performance in dexterous tasks

I Pavlidis, P Tsiamyrtzis, D Shastri, A Wesley, Y Zhou… - Scientific Reports, 2012 - nature.com
In the present study we quantify stress by measuring transient perspiratory responses on the
perinasal area through thermal imaging. These responses prove to be sympathetically …

Sympathetic skin response: a decade later

GR Arunodaya, AB Taly - Journal of the neurological sciences, 1995 - Elsevier
Sympathetic skin response (SSR) is a simple, reproducible test of function of a polysynaptic
reflex having diverse afferents, a common efferent pathway through the spinal cord, pre and …