Innervation territories of mechanically activated C nociceptor units in human skin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2641-2648

  Schmidt, Roland ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^b   Ringkamp, Matthias ^b   Handwerker, Hermann O ^b   Torebjörk, H Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROGRAPHY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0030667759     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2641     Document Type: Article

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