Spatial summation of perceived pressure, sharpness and mechanically evoked cutaneous pain

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Greenspan, Joel D ^a,b   Thomadaki, Maria ^a   McGillis, Sandra L B ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Pressure; Sharpness; Skin senses; Spatial summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; ORIENTATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030770485     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229771105     Document Type: Article

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