High resolution topographical mapping of warm and cold sensitivities

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2641-2646

  Li, Xi ^a   Petrini, Laura ^a   Defrin, Ruth ^b   Madeleine, Pascal ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dermatomes; Epidermis thickness; Glabrous skin (hand); Method of limits; Thermal sensation threshold; Thermal sensitivity distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DERMATOME; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND PALM; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIVITY; WARMING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54149092908     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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