Emotional sweating response in a patient with bilateral amygdala damage

被引：65

作者：

Asahina, M ^{[1
]}

Suzuki, M ^{[1
]}

Mori, M ^{[1
]}

Kanesaka, T ^{[1
]}

Hattori, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chiba Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Chiba 280, Japan

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY | 2003年 / 47卷 / 01期

关键词：

amygdala; emotional sweating; cutaneous vasomotor reflex; sympathetic nervous system; limbic encephalitis;

D O I：

10.1016/S0167-8760(02)00123-X

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Sweat output on the palm or sole is distinct from thermoregulatory sweating and has been designated emotional sweating. The amygdala has been implicated in this phenomenon, but the role it plays remains unclear. We had the chance to evaluate emotional sweating in a 21-year-old female with bilateral restricted amygdala lesions caused by idiopathic subacute limbic encephalitis. At the peak of the illness, sweat responses in the palm were not evoked in this patient in conjunction with any sympathetic activation procedures, including deep inspiration, mental arithmetic, isotonic exercise, and tactile stimulation. After neurological improvement associated with diminution of amygdala lesions on the magnetic resonance imaging, normal sweat responses were incited. This indicates that the amygdala does play an important role in emotional sweating. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：87 / 93

页数：7

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