Effects of local anesthetics on somatosensory function in the temporomandibular joint area

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 715-725

  Ayesh, Emad E ^a   Ernberg, Malin ^a,b   Svensson, Peter ^a,c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auriculotemporal nerve block; Intraarticular injection; Local anesthesia; Somatosensory sensitivity; Temporomandibular joint; Trigeminal physiology

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHRALGIA; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 34250857522     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0893-4     Document Type: Article

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