Recordings of polymodal single C-fiber nociceptive afferents following mechanical and argon-laser heat stimulation of human skin

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-54

  Olausson, Bengt ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Argon laser; C fiber; Pain; Psychophysics; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ARGON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031671371     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050489     Document Type: Article

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