Flare and hyperalgesia after intradermal capsaicin injection in human skin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2801-2810

  Serra, Jordi ^a,b   Campero, Mario ^a,c   Ochoa, José ^a  

^a LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALGESIA; HYPEREMIA; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TELETHERMOGRAPHY; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032437820     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.2801     Document Type: Article

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