Secondary tactile hypoesthesia: A novel type of pain-induced somatosensory plasticity in human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 136-139

  Magerl, Walter ^a   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Dorsal root potential; Hyperalgesia; Hypoesthesia; Nociception; Primary afferent depolarisation; Somatosensory plasticity; Touch

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER C; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH;

EID: 2342527160     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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