The effect of Ketamine on stimulation of primary and secondary hyperalgesic areas induced by capsaicin - A double-blind, placebo-controlled, human experimental study

Pain

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-62

  Andersen, Ole Kæseler ^a   Felsby, Sven ^b   Nicolaisen, Lone ^b   Bjerring, Peter ^b   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Human; Hyperalgesia; Ketamine; NMDA antagonist; Nociceptive reflexes; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN;

EID: 0343663426     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)02995-8     Document Type: Article

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