Differences in the chemesthetic subqualities of capsaicin, ibuprofen, and olive oil

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 471-478

  Bennett, Samantha M ^a   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Check all that apply; Chemesthesis; Direct scaling; Individual differences; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; IBUPROFEN; IRRITANT AGENT; OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL PRURITUS; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; THROAT IRRITATION;

EID: 84861206219     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr129     Document Type: Article

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