Translational nociceptor research as guide to human pain perceptions and pathophysiology

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-172

  Namer, Barbara ^a   Handwerker, Hermann Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; C fiber; Itch; Microneurography; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AGING; DENERVATION; HUMAN; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRURITUS;

EID: 67349145255     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1777-6     Document Type: Review

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