Peripheral coding of tonic mechanical cutaneous pain: Comparison of nociceptor activity in rat and human psychophysics

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2641-2648

  Andrew, David ^a,b   Greenspan, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RAT; SKIN STIMULATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0032719392     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2641     Document Type: Article

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