Spatial summation and spatial discrimination of pain sensation

Pain

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 123-131

  Defrin, Ruth ^a   Givon, Ronit ^a   Raz, Netta ^a   Urca, Gideon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

2 point discrimination; Pain sensation; Spatial resolution; Spatial summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750976199     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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