Threshold and rate sensitivity of low-threshold thermal nociception

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1637-1645

  Green, Barry G ^a,b   Akirav, Carol ^a  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Nociception; Psychophysics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMORECEPTOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLD; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951800838     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07201.x     Document Type: Article

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