Real-time imaging of brain areas involved in the generation of spontaneous skin sympathetic nerve activity at rest

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 74; pp. 188 - 194
• Main Authors: James, Cheree, Henderson, Luke, Macefield, Vaughan G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.07.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Arousal; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; Body Temperature Regulation - physiology; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Female; fMRI; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Microneurography; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Rest - physiology; Scanners; Skin; Skin - innervation; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Studies; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Young Adult; fMRI; Skin sympathetic nerve activity; Microneurography; Sympathetic nerve; Imaging; Central nervous system; Skin; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Encephalon; Functional imaging

In thermoneutral conditions resting skin sympathetic nerve activity (SSNA) is related to the level of arousal and emotional state. The brain regions responsible for the generation of spontaneous SSNA are not known. In the present study we used concurrent recordings of SSNA and brain activity in awak...