Responsiveness of C-fiber nociceptors to punctate force-controlled stimuli in isolated rat skin: Lack of modulation by inflammatory mediators and flurbiprofen

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Schlegel, T ^a   Sauer, S K ^a   Handwerker, H O ^a   Reeh, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Pain; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

FLURBIPROFEN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORCE; ISOLATED ORGAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SKIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FLURBIPROFEN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; SKIN;

EID: 2342557253     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.073     Document Type: Article

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