Modeling skin thermal pain sensation: Role of non-Fourier thermal behavior in transduction process of nociceptor

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 478-486

  Xu, F ^a,b,c   Lin, M ^c   Lu, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Modeling; Neural response; Nociceptor; Non Fourier thermal behavior; Skin tissue; Thermal pain

Indexed keywords

NEURAL RESPONSE; NOCICEPTOR; NON-FOURIER; SKIN TISSUE; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL PAIN;

BACTERIOPHAGES; TISSUE;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELAXATION TIME; SKIN PAIN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL PAIN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAT; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PAIN RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77952553433     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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