Mechano-insensitive nociceptors encode pain evoked by tonic pressure to human skin

Neuroscience

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 793-800

  Schmidt, R ^a   Schmelz, M ^b   Torebjork H E ^a   Handwerker, H O ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory analgesics; C fiber; Microneurography; Polymodal nociceptor; Psychophysics; Static mechanical hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROGRAPHY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STIMULUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERONEAL NERVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034053632     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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