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The sweating reactions of the palm

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Studies with the electrometric determination of sweating (Prof. N. N. Mishchuk's apparatus) on a great number of children and adults have shown that sweating becomes more pronounced at the age of 2.5–5 years. It was demonstrated that the sweat glands of the plam are very sensitive to reflex reactions and therefore the intensity of perspiration of the palm under normal conditions is comparatively higher than on other parts of the body.

However, the maximal intensity of sweating on the palm is lower then on other parts of the body. That is why sweating of the palm is lower under great thermal influence.

The results obtained do not confirm the separate existence of sweating areas regulated exclusively by emotion or thermal-mechanisms.

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  1. Department of Human and Animal Physiology, V. P. Potemkin Moscow Pedagogical Institute, Moscow, USSR

    O. A. Krylov & E. G. Deryugina

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Krylov, O.A., Deryugina, E.G. The sweating reactions of the palm. Bull Exp Biol Med 43, 152–155 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00786348

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