Computer-assisted infrared thermographic study of axon reflex induced by intradermal melittin

Pain

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Koyama, Natsu ^a   Hirata, Kazuhiko ^b   Hori, Koichiro ^b   Dan, Kenjiro ^b   Yokota, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon reflex; Honeybee venom; Lidocaine; Melittin induced pain; Thermography

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; LIDOCAINE; MELITTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXON REFLEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFLEX; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXONS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MELITTEN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REFLEX; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033977819     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00192-X     Document Type: Article

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