Rectal heat thresholds: A novel test of the sensory afferent pathway

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 590-595

  Chan, Christopher L H ^a   Scott, S Mark ^a   Birch, Malcolm J ^b   Knowles, Charles H ^a   Williams, Norman S ^a   Lunniss, Peter J ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afferent; Heat threshold; Nociception; Probe; Rectal; Sensation; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT THRESHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NOCICEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECTUM; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0037954146     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6613-2     Document Type: Article

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