Pain from excitation of identified muscle nociceptors in humans

Brain Research

Volumn 740, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Marchettini, Paolo ^a   Simone, Donald A ^b   Caputi, Graziella ^c   Ochoa, José L ^d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capsaicin; microneurography; muscle afferent; muscle pain; referred pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 0030592802     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00851-7     Document Type: Article

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