Cold-induced pain and prickle in the glabrous and hairy skin

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Davis, Karen D ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

A fiber; C fiber; Cold pain; Ischemic block; Psychophysics; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARMING;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAIR; HAND; HEAT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; SKIN; THUMB;

EID: 0031800826     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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