Noradrenaline provokes axon reflex hyperaemia in the skin of the human forearm

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Lipnicki, Darren M ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon reflex; Nociceptive afferents; Noradrenaline; Pain

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXONS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIN; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0032817506     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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