Double stimulation of tiny skin areas in human subjects increases the number of C- and Aδ-fiber responses

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 386, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Weiss, Thomas ^a   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

A fiber; C fiber; Laser heat stimulation; Selective fiber activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23444440121     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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