Postherpetic neuralgia: Irritable nociceptors and deafferentation

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-227

  Fields, Howard L ^a   Rowbotham, Michael ^a   Baron, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Central sensitization; Herpes zoster; Hyperalgesia; Lidocaine; Nociceptor; Primary afferent

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ALLODYNIA; DEAFFERENTATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MYELINATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031742603     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1998.0204     Document Type: Review

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