Capsaicin evoked pain and allodynia in post-herpetic neuralgia

Pain

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Petersen, Karin L ^a,b,c   Fields, Howard L ^a,b   Brennum, Jannick ^d   Sandroni, Paola ^e   Rowbotham, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Nociceptors; Post herpetic neuralgia; Secondary hyperalgesia; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTHESIS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NERVE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034333120     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00311-0     Document Type: Article

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