Secondary hyperalgesia to punctate mechanical stimuli. Central sensitization to A-fibre nociceptor input

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2245-2257

  Ziegler, E A ^a   Magerl, W ^a   Meyer, R A ^b   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A fibre nociceptors; C fibre nociceptors; Capsaicin; Nerve conduction block; Neuropathic pain; Secondary hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE;

ADULT; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIAL NERVE; TOUCH;

EID: 0032730144     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.12.2245     Document Type: Article

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