Desensitization to oral zingerone irritation: Effects of stimulus parameters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1473-1480

  Prescott, John ^a,b   Stevenson, Richard J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Desensitization; Individual differences; Intensity; Interstimulus interval; Irritation; Zingerone

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; IRRITANT AGENT; ZINGERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030561452     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00248-X     Document Type: Article

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