Intradermal injection of capsaicin in humans produces degeneration and subsequent reinnervation of epidermal nerve fibers: Correlation with sensory function

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8947-8959

  Simone, Donald A ^a   Nolano, Maria ^b   Johnson, Timothy ^a   Wendelschafer Crabb, Gwen ^a   Kennedy, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Confocal microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Intracutaneous nerves; Pain; Protein gene product 9.5

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; GENE PRODUCT; SUBSTANCE P;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINNERVATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0032211125     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08947.1998     Document Type: Article

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