Pain due to tissue acidosis: A mechanism for inflammatory and ischemic myalgia?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Issberner, Ulrich ^a   Reeh, Peter W ^b   Steen, Kay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental algesimetry; Human; Hydrogen ion concentration; Inflammation; Ischemia; Muscle; PH; Protons; Sensory; Skin

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0029983818     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12576-3     Document Type: Article

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