Nociception from blood vessels is independent of the sympathetic nervous system under physiological conditions in humans

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-44

  Kindgen Milles, Detlef ^a   Holthusen, Holger ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Noradrenaline; Pain; Phentolamine; Vein

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEIN;

EID: 0030963177     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)83025-7     Document Type: Article

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