Influence of sympathetic activity, temperature, ischemia and diazepam on thermal and vibration thresholds

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 431, Issue 6 SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Meh, Duška ^a   Denišlič, Miro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Sympathetic skin response; Thermal pain sensitivity; Thermal specific sensitivity; Vibration sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION SENSE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029925629     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02346390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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