Rapid flare development evoked by current frequency-dependent stimulation analyzed by full-field laser perfusion imaging

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1101-1105

  Dusch, Martin ^a   Schley, Marcus ^a   Rukwied, Roman ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon reflex flare; Current frequency; Nociceptor; Pain; Sympathetic response

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AXON REFLEX FLARE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; FEMALE; FULL FIELD LASER PERFUSION IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 34250795730     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3281e72cff     Document Type: Article

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