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Changes in sympathetic thermoregulatory function with aging

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We recorded skin sympathetic nerve activity (SSNA), SSR, and SVR in 30 subjects. SSNA and SVR showed a slight decrease and spontaneous changes in resting SSR were significantly less frequent in older subjects compared with younger subjects (p < 0.05). There was no significant relationship between age and the reflex latency or amplitude of SSNA, SSR, and SVR in response to electrical stimulation.

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Abbreviations

SSNA:

Skin sympathetic nerve activity

SSR:

Sympathetic skin response

SVR:

Skin vasomotor reflex

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Yamanashi Hospital, 1110 Shimokatou, Chuo-city, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan

    Kazumasa Shindo, Mai Tsuchiya, Nobuo Yamashiro, Fumikazu Kobayashi, Takamura Nagasaka & Yoshihisa Takiyama

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Shindo, K., Tsuchiya, M., Yamashiro, N. et al. Changes in sympathetic thermoregulatory function with aging. Clin Auton Res 26, 461–464 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-016-0387-1

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