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Odorant-induced Responses Recorded from Olfactory Receptor Neurons using the Suction Pipette Technique
Published on: April 5, 2012
[Olfactory and gustatory sweating--case report on reflex facial hyperhidrosis]
B Stier1, T Schröder, H J Matschke
1Neurologische Klinik, Zentralklinik für Psychiatrie und Neurologie Wilhelm Griesinger Berlin.
Abstract:
Localised hyperhidrosis is comparatively rare among the vegetative disorders. A case of pathological gustatory and olfactory sudation is reported, with the sequence of symptoms corresponding to that of the Frey syndrome. Working from the reflex nature of the phenomen, the paper puts forward a model to account for the delayed onset of the manifestation following a peripheral lesion. It is assumed that readjustment of the reflex excitation level takes place according to a modification in peripheral afference, and that a decompensation of the central control mechanisms results in a pathological enhancement of the reflex. The hypothesis of peripheral efferentisl denervation hypersensitivity appears insufficient to account for the delay in manifestation, or even to account for the classic Frey syndrome following an affection of the parotid gland.
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