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PubMed1988

Monitoring Electroconvulsive Therapy by Galvanic Skin Response.

Galvanic skin response (GSR) was assessed during 10 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) sessions with five patients to evaluate its clinical utility in monitoring ECT-induced seizures. While GSR change was consistently observed in all instances, its duration persisted far longer than did seizure activity as measured by observed tonic-clonic movements. Accordingly, and in contrast to a prior report, GSR cannot be recommended as an accurate and reliable method of monitoring ECT.

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[Galvanic skin response as a reflection of the decision-making process when time is insufficient].

Amplitude and latency of skin galvanic response ( SGR ) was studied in 15 healthy subjects in two experimental programs. The first program demanded to perform a motor act as quickly as possible if all the three signals were the same, the second one demanded a motor act if at least one of the signals differed from the other two. Following series of signals were presented: 1--all the three signals being the same, 2--the first one differed from the others, 3,4--correspondingly, the second or the third signal differed from the others. The amplitude of SGR was found to increase, and its latency was found to decrease when the decision was taken under the conditions of time deficit. Thus, SGR reflects the process of decision taking rather than pretuning of the motor act.

Adolescent↗
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[Schultz autogenic training and galvanic skin response in the systematic desensitization of a compulsive phobia].

A patient suffering suicidal phobia and resistant to antidepressants as well as electroconvulsive therapy was submitted to Wolpe's systematic desensitization associated with Schult's autogenic training. Ten sessions were sufficient to cure the patient. A follow-up period now extends to one year, without relapse. The concomitent measure of skin galvanic response by an electrodermograph appears a privileged psychophysiological control of such a therapy, i.a. allowing for detection of the avoidance of the anxiogenic evocation by the patient.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1989

Peripheral somatic sensory neuropathy and skin galvanic response in the feet of patients with diabetes.

The relationship between abnormality in the peripheral sympathetic nervous system (skin galvanic response) and in the peripheral somatic sensory nerve fibers was studied in the lower extremities of 51 patients with diabetes. Deficits in temperature and pain sensations (the small sensory nerve fibers) were related to abnormal sympathetic nervous function (temperature sensation, p less than 0.001; pain sensation, p less than 0.05). The deficits in temperature sensation, in particular, predicted abnormal sympathetic nervous function reliably and vice versa. There was no relationship between deficits in touch and vibration sensations (the large sensory nerve fibers) and abnormal sympathetic nervous function. There was a relationship between skin galvanic response and RR-variation (p less than 0.01). However, abnormality in RR-variation was not related to the deficits in any of the four sensory modalities.

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PubMed1978

Galvanic skin response in photosensitive children.

Investigations of galvanic skin response under stress by different stimuli were carried out in 65 photosensitive and 70 non-photosensitive subjects aged 11--17 years. Photosensitive individuals at the age of 12--15 years showed a more pronounced skin reaction than non-photosensitive ones. The emotional reagibility (expressed by IE = (SEE TEXT), Traxel 1960, Stocksmeier and Langosch 1973) shows significantly higher values than in nonphotosensitive children. In addition to this, photosensitive subjects demonstrate a delayed habituation. Together with further results (Gross-Selbeck et al. 1976) the findings indicate that photosensitivity is not the isolated symptom of a genetically determined increased cerebral excitability, which can represent a factor in the pathogenesis of epilepsy for instance, but must be understood as a special characteristic of a particular constitution.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

[Effect of diabetes mellitus type 1 on electric resistance of the skin and galvanic skin response].

Basal electrical resistance of the skin and the galvanic skin response were determined in 102 patients with type I (insulin-dependent) controlled diabetes mellitus. The control group consisted of 121 healthy subjects of the same age and sex distribution. The results obtained imply that diabetes mellitus causes an increase of electrical resistance of the skin, a prolongation of the latency time and or even lacking of the galvanic skin response.

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PubMed1993

Cortisol, biochemical, and galvanic skin responses to music stimuli of different preference values by college students in biology and music.

The purpose of this study was to examine biochemical and galvanic skin responses to music stimuli. Specifically, 30 university biology and 30 music students' plasma levels of norepinephrine and cortisol and their galvanic skin responses were measured before and after listening to two different musical selections, one of which was preferred (liked) by the music students and not preferred (disliked) by the biology students. The music-listening sessions and the controlled silent sessions were done in an anechoic chamber. 30 biology majors and 30 music majors were in the experimental groups; 14 biology and 17 music majors comprised the control group. Analysis indicated that the cortisol levels and galvanic skin responses were significantly higher for the music majors than the biology majors. The data indicate that music majors listen more critically and analytically to music than biology majors, and cortisol levels are associated with this as increases in music majors and decreases in biology majors after the music.

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PubMed1963

Skin resistance levels and galvanic skin response: unilateral differences.

On five subjects, skin resistance levels and galvanic skin response were recorded unilaterally and simultaneously from each side of the body for between 24 and 36 days. Reliable differences in skin resistance were found in three subjects and in galvanic skin response in two subjects. The magnitude of the skin resistance difference was significantly reduced in four subjects during stimulation.

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PubMed1995

Habituation of the galvanic skin response to tone as a function of age.

Habituation of the galvanic skin response (GSR) to tone in male college students varying in age from 18-39 years old was examined. Older subjects habituated more slowly to tone than did younger ones. This confirmed our past work on habituation of the GSR to electric shock. The GSR is shown to be a sensitive and reliable measure of small differences in age as it affects learning. The clinical usefulness of this quantitative and sensitive measure in detecting small and early changes in learning and memory deficits associated with age and dementia is discussed.

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