Thermotherapy to the facial region in and around the eyelids altered prefrontal hemodynamic responses and autonomic nervous activity during mental arithmetic

摘要: To investigate neural mechanisms of local thermotherapy to reduce mental stress, participants were required perform arithmetic after treatment by a heat- and steam-generating sheet on the facial eyelid region while hemodynamic activity ECGs monitored. The results indicated that decreased in anterior dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (aDMPFC) involved sympathetic activity. Consistently, increased parasympathetic it Furthermore, dorsolateral (DLPFC) during arithmetic. These responses DLPFC negatively correlated with aDMPFC thermotherapy. suggest is useful ameliorate fatigue through its effects cortex.