Myelinated afferents signal the hyperalgesia associated with nerve injury

Pain

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 89-94

  Campbell, James N ^a   Raja, Srinivasa N ^a   Meyer, Richard A ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Differential nerve block; Hyperalgesia; Nerve injury; Nociceptors; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL NERVE BLOCK; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CAUSALGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023924048     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(88)90027-9     Document Type: Article

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