A novel human volunteer pain model using contact heat evoked potentials (CHEP) following topical skin application of transient receptor potential agonists capsaicin, menthol and cinnamaldehyde

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 926-932

  Roberts, K ^a   Shenoy, R ^a   Anand, P ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; CHEP; Cinnamaldehyde; Menthol; Topical; TRP

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CINNAMALDEHYDE; MENTHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ACROLEIN; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SKIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958086584     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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