Capsaicin-induced impairment of tactile spatial discrimination ability in man: Indirect evidence for increased receptive fields in human nervous system

Brain Research

Volumn 797, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Kauppila, Timo ^a   Mohammadian, Parvaneh ^a   Nielsen, Jesper ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Capsaicin; Hyperalgesia; Inflammation; Pain; Tactile perception; Touch; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; CAPSAICIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032578050     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00431-4     Document Type: Article

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