Topically applied capsaicin inhibits sensitivity to touch but not to warmth or heat-pain in the region of secondary mechanical hyperalgesia

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Blockey, Paul ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Capsaicin; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Tactile hypoesthesia; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS AND NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; CAPSAICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOUCH;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549218839     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220903296761     Document Type: Article

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