Oral mucosal versus cutaneous sensory testing: A review of the literature

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 923-950

  Jacobs, R ^a,c   Wu, C H ^a   Goossens, K ^a   Van Loven, K ^a   Van Hees, J ^b   Van Steenberghe, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Oral receptors; Skin; Tactile function; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN; THERMORECEPTOR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTORS; PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SKIN; THERMORECEPTORS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0036782857     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00960.x     Document Type: Review

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