"Nocifensor" system re-revisited. Focus on "two types of C nociceptor in human skin and their behavior in areas of capaicin-induced secondary hyperalgesia"

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2401-2403

  Light, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; CHEMOREACTIVITY; DEPOLARIZATION; DORSAL ROOT; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SENSATION; TISSUE INJURY; VASODILATATION;

CAPSAICIN; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; SKIN;

EID: 2442479409     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00090.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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