Effect of adrenergic receptor activation on post-herpetic neuralgia pain and sensory disturbances

Pain

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Choi, Bokgi ^a,b   Rowbotham, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Allodynia; Neuropathic pain; Post herpetic neuralgia; Sympathetic nervous system; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENYLEPHRINE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031056438     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03245-9     Document Type: Article

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