Oral irritant effects of nicotine: Psychophysical evidence for decreased sensation following repeated application and lack of cross-desensitization to capsaicin

Chemical Senses

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-492

  Dessirier, J M ^a   O'Mahony, M ^a   Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; IRRITANT AGENT; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; NICOTINE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TONGUE;

EID: 0030825101     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/22.5.483     Document Type: Article

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