Innervation territories of mechano-insensitive C nociceptors in human skin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1859-1866

  Schmidt, R ^a   Schmelz, M ^b   Weidner, C ^a   Handwerker, H O ^a   Torebjork H E ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036796850     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.1859     Document Type: Article

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