Similar itch and nociceptive sensations evoked by punctate cutaneous application of capsaicin, histamine and cowhage

Pain

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 66-75

  Sikand, Parul ^a   Shimada, Steven G ^a   Green, Barry G ^a,b   LaMotte, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cowhage; Histamine; Itch; Nociception

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN FLARE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRICHOME; URTICARIA; VELVET BEAN;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CAPSAICIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUCUNA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PRURITUS; SENSATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66049086427     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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