The Fine Tuning of Pain Thresholds: A Sophisticated Double Alarm System

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Plaghki, Léon ^a   Decruynaere, Céline ^a   Van Dooren, Paul ^a   Le Bars, Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DELTA NERVE FIBER; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMORECEPTOR; WARMING; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKIN;

RATTUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956538056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010269     Document Type: Article

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