Laser guns and hot plates

Pain

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Baumgärtner, Ulf ^a   Cruccu, Giorgio ^b   Iannetti, Gian Domenico ^c   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; EDITORIAL; GLABROUS SKIN; HEAT TREATMENT; HOT PLATE TEST; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN SURFACE; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; REACTION TIME; SKIN;

EID: 20444500030     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.04.021     Document Type: Editorial

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