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12549717

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this study was to evoke sympathetic skin responses (SSRs) in healthy subjects using laser stimulation and to compare these responses with those induced by conventional electrical stimuli. Twenty healthy subjects were investigated. SSRs were obtained using electrical and laser stimuli delivered to the wrist controlateral to the recording site. The sympathetic sudomotor conduction velocity (SSFCV) was measured in 8 subjects by simultaneously recording the SSR from the hand and the axilla. The latency (L) of the laser-induced SSR (ISSR) was significantly longer than that of the electrically-evoked SSR (eSSR) (mean ISSRL= 1.7 +/- 0.145 ms, mean eSSRL= 1.56 +/- 0.14 ms, p<0.05). The amplitude (A) of the ISSR was lower than the eSSR amplitude (mean ISSRA = 1.31 +/- 0.26 mV, mean eSSRA = 2.59 +/- 0.49 mV, p<0.05). No significant difference between the ISSR and eSSR was observed in either the SSFCV or the variability and reproducibility parameters. Our findings show that SSRs can easily be induced by laser stimuli and that this method shares the technical limitations of conventional eSSRs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0393-5264
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Sympathetic skin response evoked by laser skin stimulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Neurology and Otorhinolaryngology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. paolo.rossi90@tin.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study