Topical menthol - A human model for cold pain by activation and sensitization of C nociceptors

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1159-1171

  Wasner, Gunnar ^a   Schattschneider, Jöm ^a   Binder, Andreas ^a   Baron, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A fibre conduction blockade; Cold pain; Menthol; Nociceptor; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PAIN; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE MODEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE HYPERALGESIA; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; SKIN CULTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TOUCH;

EID: 2442616221     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh134     Document Type: Review

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