Heat, but not mechanical hyperalgesia, following adrenergic injections in normal human skin

Pain

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 15-23

  Fuchs, Perry N ^a   Meyer, Richard A ^a,c   Raja, Srinivasa N ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University John Hopkins Road ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic sensitivity; Heat; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Nociceptor; Skin

Indexed keywords

BRIMONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENYLEPHRINE; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; SKIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035252641     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00381-X     Document Type: Article

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