A new method for measuring the conduction velocities of Aβ-, Aδ- and C-fibers following electric and CO2 laser stimulation in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 187-190

  Tran, Tuan Diep ^a   Lam, Khanh ^a   Hoshiyama, Minoru ^a   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

A fibers; A fibers; C fibers; CO2 laser stimulation; Conduction velocity; Electric stimulation; Laser evoked potential; Tiny skin surface area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN;

EID: 0035815575     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01639-1     Document Type: Article

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