Sympathectomy does not influence experimental itch and cutaneous temperature perception thresholds

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-152

  Ekblom, Anders ^a   Lind, Göran ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^a   Lengstam, Ingvar ^a   Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flare; Heat pain threshold; Itch; Sympathectomy; Thermal threshold; Wheal

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHECTOMY; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029788554     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990229609051402     Document Type: Article

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