Brief, prolonged and repeated stimuli applied to hyperalgesic skin areas: A psychophysical study

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-167

  Arendt Nielsen, L ^a   Andersen, O K ^a   Jensen, T S ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical; Human; Hyperalgesia; Laser; Temporal summation; Thermode

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; LASER; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0029923298     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01529-9     Document Type: Article

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