The sympathetic nervous system contributes to capsaicin-evoked mechanical allodynia but not pinprick hyperalgesia in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7331-7335

  Liu, Maywin ^a,c   Max, Mitchell B ^a,b   Parada, Suzan ^b   Rowan, Janet S ^b   Bennett, Gary J ^a,d  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

capsaicin; mechanical allodynia; mechanical hyperalgesia; pain; phentolamine; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; PHENTOLAMINE;

ALLODYNIA; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0029825624     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07331.1996     Document Type: Article

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