Because spinal nerves exit the spine laterally, dermatomes associated with the torso and core are distributed horizontally. When viewed on a body map, they appear like stacked discs. The dermatome ...

Dermatomes are areas of skin, each of which is connected to a single spinal nerve. Together, these areas create a surface map of the body. Dysfunction or damage to a spinal nerve can trigger ...

is mediated by the axon-reflex and is modulated by activity of sympathetic nerves. Our objective was to determine whether the response to heat provocation in trunk dermatomes may provide a measure ...