Repeated local administration of noradrenaline or saline inhibits thermal hyperalgesia in pain-sensitized human skin

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Supplement

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-295

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Lipnicki, Darren M ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenergic desensitization; Iontophoresis; Noradrenaline; Pain; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0035465106     PISSN: 02643774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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