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Sympathetic skin response: basic mechanisms and clinical applications.

Robert Vetrugno1, Rocco Liguori, Pietro Cortelli

  • 1Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. vetrugno@neuro.unibo.it

Clinical Autonomic Research : Official Journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society
|September 5, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Sympathetic skin response (SSR) measures skin electrical potential changes. While easy to apply for assessing sympathetic nervous system function, current SSR methods lack diagnostic reliability and show imperfect correlations with clinical conditions.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Autonomic Nervous System Research
  • Physiology

Background:

  • The sympathetic skin response (SSR) reflects sympathetic nervous system activity.
  • SSR can be spontaneous or evoked by arousal stimuli.
  • Understanding suprasegmental control of SSR in humans is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the utility of SSR as a non-invasive tool for investigating sympathetic nervous system function.
  • To highlight the current limitations of SSR in clinical diagnostics.

Main Methods:

  • Measurement of sympathetic skin response (SSR).
  • Application of spontaneous and evoked SSR protocols.
  • Correlation analysis with clinical features and other autonomic function tests.

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Main Results:

  • SSR is a readily applicable technique.
  • Current SSR procedures exhibit insufficient reliability for definitive diagnostic use.
  • Observed imperfect correlations between SSR and clinical manifestations of sudomotor dysfunction.

Conclusions:

  • SSR shows potential for non-invasive sympathetic system assessment.
  • Further refinement of SSR methodologies is required to improve diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility.
  • Limitations in SSR reliability hinder its widespread adoption in diagnosing autonomic dysfunction.