Capsaicin-evoked mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia cross nerve territories: Evidence for a central mechanism

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 491-496

  Sang, Christine N ^c   Gracely, Richard H ^b   Max, Mitchell B ^a   Bennett, Gary J ^b  

^a Clinical Trials Unit

^b Neuropathic Pain Pain Msrmt Sect ^*

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement techniques: sensory testing; Nerves: blockade; Pain, allodynia: capsaicin evoked; Pain, hyperalgesia: capsaicin evoked

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0029742519     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199609000-00007     Document Type: Article

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