Objective: Tachycardia is a clinical feature of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), and it may be attributable to cardiac autonomic dysfunction. We investigated heart rate variability in MJD patients to reveal heart rate dysregulation in MJD.
Methods: P...
Objective: To elucidate the differences among dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Parkinson disease with dementia (PDD), and Parkinson disease without dementia (PD), with respect to the involvement of the autonomic nervous system, we clinically inves...
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS 15(5) 347-350 2009年6月 [査読有り]
Objective: Certain stimuli evoke increased sweat secretion (sympathetic sweat response: SSwR) and reduced skin blood flow (skin vasomotor reflex; SkVR) in the palm/sole. We evaluated SSwR and SkVR in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and...
JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS 22(4) 278-283 2008年7月 [査読有り]
Aims: Some physical or arousal stimuli induce a rise in sweat secretion (sympathetic sweat response or SSwR) and a reduction in skin blood flow (skin vasomotor reflex or SkVR) to the palm. We recorded SSwRs and SkVRs in diabetic patients and asses...
CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY 110(7) 691-695 2008年7月 [査読有り]
Objective: To investigate cutaneous sympathetic functions in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) using sympathetic sweat responses (SSwRs) and skin vasomotor reflexes (SVmRs).
Methods: In 29 hands (20 patients) with idiopathic CTS, SSwRs were recorded wi...