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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
The responsiveness of eccrine sweat glands to intradermally injected carbachol was studied in six male and six female healthy volunteers and six male and six female patients suffering from anxiety neurosis. Consistently greater responses to carbachol were obtained in the healthy males than in the healthy females. Analysis of the dose-response curves showed that this was reflected in a higher value of Emax in the males. Consistently greater responses to carbachol were obtained in the anxious males than in the healthy males, this being reflected in a higher value of Emax for the anxious subjects. Consistently greater responses to carbachol were obtained in the anxious females than in the healthy females, this being reflected in a higher value of Emax for the anxious subjects. In contrast to the results obtained with the healthy subjects, there was no sex-related difference in responsiveness to carbachol among the anxious patients. It is suggested that the hyper-responsiveness of sweat glands in anxiety states involves the sensitization of normally 'dormant' sweat glands by impulse flow in sudomotor sympathetic fibres. The upper limit to the value of Emax for carbachol, which may be determined by the number of potentially responsive glands, may be similar in the two sexes.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0306-5251
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
817-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Hyper-responsiveness of eccrine sweat glands to carbachol in anxiety neurosis: comparison of male and female patients.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't