Open AccessIMPEDANCE CHANGES ACROSS THE FOOTPAD OF THE CAT IN RELATION TO ACTION AND SECRETION IN SWEAT GLANDS
Author(s) -
David P. C. Lloyd
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.66.4.1150
Subject(s) - sweat , sweat gland , secretion , stimulation , endocrinology , medicine , sudomotor , reabsorption , eccrine sweat , stimulus (psychology) , biology , chemistry , psychology , kidney , psychotherapist
Impedance changes across the footpad of the cat occur as the result of sweat gland activity after stimulation of the sudomotor nerves. It is possible to discern two phases of impedance change; one, early, associated with the action potential of sweat gland cells; the other, later, being the well-known change associated with secretion and reabsorption.1 After a single stimulus, latency for the initial impedance change is about that of the sweat gland cell action potential, that of the secretory change approximately 1 additional second.