Is Mediation of Sweating Cholinergic, Adrenergic, or Both? A Comment on the Literature

Stephanie A. Shields; Kathleen A. MacDowell; Sarah B. Fairchild; Mary L. Campbell

doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.1987.tb00301.x

Is Mediation of Sweating Cholinergic, Adrenergic, or Both? A Comment on the Literature

Stephanie A. Shields, Kathleen A. MacDowell, Sarah B. Fairchild, Mary L. Campbell

Psychology

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Abstract

Research on SNS mediation of human eccrine and apocrine sweating was examined. Both types of sweat glands in humans are innervated primarily by cholinergic fibers and, at least sparsely, by adrenergic fibers. Both types of sweat glands are also stimulated by circulating catecholamines, but the mechanism for this action has not been unequivocally established. Recent research developments in the physiology of the sweat glands are discussed as they bear on persistent problems in psycho physiological research.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	312-319
Number of pages	8
Journal	Psychophysiology
Volume	24
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1987.tb00301.x
State	Published - May 1987

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General Neuroscience
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Neurology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Developmental Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry

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