Sensory threshold changes without initial pain or alterations in cutaneous blood flow, in the area of secondary hyperalgesia caused by topical application of capsaicin in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-48

  Andrews, Katharine ^a   Baranowski, Andrew ^b   Kinnman, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cutaneous blood flow; Human; Secondary hyperalgesia; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALGESIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIBRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; VIBRATION;

EID: 0344848713     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00248-7     Document Type: Article

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