Asymmetry and time-course of cutaneous sympathetic reflex responses following sustained excitation of chemosensitive nociceptors in humans

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Magerl, Walter ^a,b   Koltzenburg, Martin ^a,c   Schmitz, Jörg M ^a   Handwerker, Hermann O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared thermography; Itch; Nociceptor; Pain; Somatosympathetic reflex; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030022308     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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