Time course of burn to repeated applications of capsaicin

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-112

  Balaban, Carey D ^a   McBurney, Donald H ^a   Stoulis, Mindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Burning; Capsaicin; Desensitization; Irritation; Psychophysics; Sensitization; Tongue

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSITIZATION; SKIN IRRITATION; STIMULUS; TONGUE;

EID: 0032950315     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00257-1     Document Type: Article

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