Secondary hyperalgesia and perceptual wind-up following intradermal injection of capsaicin in humans

Pain

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 257-268

  Magerl, Walter ^a   Wilk, Stephan Hans ^a   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Central sensitization; Heterosynaptic facilitation; Homosynaptic facilitation; Pain; Secondary hyperalgesia; Summation; Wind up

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0031952973     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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