[Emotion Disorders and Abnormal Perspiration]

Brain Nerve. 2016 Aug;68(8):893-901. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416200527.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

This article reviewed the relationship between emotional disorders and abnormal perspiration. First, I focused on local brain areas related to emotional processing, and summarized the functions of the emotional network involving those local areas. Functional disorders followed by the damage in the amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, and insular cortex were reviewed, including related abnormal perspiration. I then addressed the mechanisms of how autonomic disorders influence emotional processing. Finally, possible future directions for integrated understanding of the connection between neural activities and bodily reactions were discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiopathology*
  • Emotions*
  • Humans
  • Mood Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Sweat