Evidence that tactile stimulation inhibits nociceptive sensations produced by innocuous contact cooling

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-98

  Green, Barry G ^a   Schoen, Kate L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Individual differences; Inhibition; Pain; Psychophysics; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19444365424     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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