1: Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 1994 Oct;38(4):319-22

Influence of lateral posture on sweating: does posture alter the sympathetic
outflow to the sweat glands?

Vaidya JS, Dhume RA

Department of Physiology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim.

Our unpublished observation that a lateral decubitus posture influences the
pattern of sweating was systematically tested by measuring galvanic skin
resistance (GSR). Changes in the GSR between two electrodes placed on skin was
used to quantify the degree of sweating. In the lateral posture, sweating is
inhibited on the lower half and stimulated on the upper half and reversal of the
lateral posture induces sweating on the opposite half of the body. This
observation suggests that the autonomic nervous system is controlled at least in
part, by body posture.

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