Abstract:Pain elicited by intramuscular infusion of hypertonic saline solution causes muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) to increase in some subjects, yet decrease in others. Although the direction of the response is not predictable based on baseline physiological and psychological parameters, we know that it results from sustained functional changes in specific brain regions that are responsible for the behavioral and cardiovascular responses to psychological stressors, as well as those involved in attention. Th… Show more
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