Allodynia mediated by C-tactile afferents in human hairy skin

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4065-4075

  Nagi, Saad S ^a   Rubin, Troy K ^a   Chelvanayagam, David K ^a   Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Mahns, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; C TACTILE AFFERENT NERVE FIBER; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENTLE BRUSHING; HAIRY SKIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; MYELINATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051621139     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.211326     Document Type: Article

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