Nociceptive sensations evoked from 'spots' in the skin by mild cooling and heating

Pain

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 196-208

  Green, Barry G ^a,b   Roman, Carolyn ^a   Schoen, Kate ^a   Collins, Hannah ^a  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Cold receptors; Heat; Nociceptors; Pain; Psychophysics; Temperature; TRP channels; Warm receptors; Warmth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION;

COLD; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH;

EID: 38749118610     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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