Slowly conducting afferents activated by innocuous low temperature in human skin

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 535, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 855-865

  Campero, M ^b,e   Serra, J ^c   Bostock, H ^d   Ochoa, J L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c SagradaFamilia school SAFA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; VELOCITY; WARMING; ADAPTATION; INNOCUOUS LOW TEMPERATURE; SKIN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0035884580     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.t01-1-00855.x     Document Type: Article

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