Attenuation of experimental pruritus and mechanically evoked dysesthesiae in an area of cutaneous allodynia

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Brull, Sorin J ^a   Atanassoff, Peter G ^b   Silverman, David G ^b   Zhang, Junming ^a   LaMotte, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloknesis; Capsaicin; Histamine; Hyperknesis; Secondary hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN STIMULATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 0033456156     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970366     Document Type: Article

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