Alkylamides that produce tingling paresthesia activate tactile and thermal trigeminal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 842, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 452-460

  Bryant, Bruce P ^a   Mezine, Igor ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Irritation; Lingual; Oral; Paresthesia; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CAPSAICIN;

ARTICLE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LINGUAL NERVE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ALKANES; AMIDES; ANIMALS; HEAT; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTION; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASTE; TONGUE; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032875319     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01878-8     Document Type: Article

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