The effect of arterial occlusion on sweat‐gland responses in the human forearm
The effect of arterial occlusion on sweat‐gland responses in the human forearm
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动脉闭塞对人体前臂汗腺反应的影响
DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006310
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发表时间:
1959
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J. Weiner
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作者:
K. Collins;F. Sargent;J. Weiner
It is well known that obstruction of the blood supply to a sweating limb results in a diminution in the output of sweat (van Heyningen & Weiner, 1952; Kuno, 1956) and a decline in the number of active glands (Randall, Deering & Dougherty, 1948). Changes also occur in the composition of sweat (Ladell, 1951; van Heyningen & Weiner, 1952). There is recovery of both output and composition when the occlusion is released after 30 min. The fact that the sweat glands respond to intense radiant heat during arterial occlusion suggested to Randall et al. (1948) that the ischaemic depression was primarily an effect on the nerve endings and possibly axons of the sudomotor nerves and not a failure of the gland cells themselves. However, atropinized or denervated glands, both of which have been shown to be insensitive to acetylcholine, also respond to direct stimulation by radiant heat (Randall, 1947; Janowitz & Grossmann, 1950). The evidence of Randall et al. (1948) does not therefore preclude the alternative that during ischaemia the nerve is still capable of producing transmitter but that the response of the gland cells to the transmitter is reduced. Support for this alternative hypothesis appears in the paper by Sonnenschein, Kobrin, Janowitz & Grossman (1951) who comment briefly on a diminution of the sweat-gland response to acetylcholine during arterial occlusion. In view of these conflicting theories experiments were undertaken in an attempt to clarify the nature and site of the failure of the sweating mechanism. A preliminary report on the results of these studies has previously been communicated (Collins, Sargent & Weiner, 1958).