Paradoxical heat sensation in healthy subjects: Peripherally conducted by Aδ or C fibres?

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-246

  Susser, Ehud ^a   Sprecher, Elliot ^b   Yarnitsky, David ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Paradoxical heat sensation; Quantitative sensory testing; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; COOLING; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032960298     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.2.239     Document Type: Article

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