Ethnic variations in facial skin neurosensitivity assessed by capsaicin detection thresholds

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Jourdain, Roland ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b   Bastien, Philippe ^a   De Lacharrière, Olivier ^a   Breton, Lionel ^a  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Ethnicity; Sensitive skin; Skin neurosensitivity

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAPSAICIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITANTS; NOCICEPTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 72149114881     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01641.x     Document Type: Article

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