Adaptation to capsaicin within and across days

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-190

  McBurney, Donald H ^a   Balaban, Carey D ^a   Christopher, Dale E ^a   Harvey, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Burning; Capsaicin; Desensitization; Human; Irritation; Psychophysics; Sensitization; Tongue

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; SENSITIZATION; TASTE; TONGUE;

EID: 0031059854     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00366-6     Document Type: Article

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