Projected pain from noxious heat stimulation of an exposed peripheral nerve - A case report

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-37

  Hoffmann, T ^a   Sauer, S K ^a   Horch, R E ^b   Reeh, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nervi nervorum; Neuropathy; Nociception; Sensory transduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALGESIA; HYPOTENSION; INNERVATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOOD; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL NERVE; SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RADIAL NERVE; RATS;

EID: 58149188040     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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