Assessing Aδ Fiber Function With Lidocaine Using Intraepidermal Electrical Stimulation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 621-627

  Otsuru, Naofumi ^a,b   Inui, Koji ^a   Yamashiro, Koya ^a,b   Miyazaki, Takahiro ^a,b   Takeshima, Yasuyuki ^a   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A fibers; evoked potentials; intraepidermal electrical stimulation; neuropathy; pain

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE FIBER A DELTA; NERVE FUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SCREENING TEST; SKIN STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 77953869247     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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