Selective nociceptor activation in volunteers by infrared diode laser

Molecular Pain

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tzabazis, Alexander Z ^a,b   Klukinov, Michael ^b   Crottaz Herbette, Sonia ^b   Nemenov, Mikhail I ^b,c   Angst, Martin S ^b   Yeomans, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lasmed LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED DIODE LASER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THERMONOCICEPTOR; VOLUNTEER; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953076120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-18     Document Type: Article

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