Innovative neurophysiological methods in itch research: Longlatency evoked potentials after electrical and thermal stimulation in patients with atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 656-659

  Yudina, Marina M ^a   Toropina, Galina G ^a   Lvov, Andrey N ^a   Gieler, Uwe ^b  

^a I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cheps; Long latency evoked potentials to thermal stimulation; Pruritus; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Thin sensory fibres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHEEK; COLD TEMPERATURE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRURITUS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054922120     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1173     Document Type: Article

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