High spontaneous activity of C-nociceptors in painful polyneuropathy

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2040-2047

  Kleggetveit, Inge Petter ^a   Namer, Barbara ^b   Schmidt, Roland ^c   Helås, Tormod ^a   Rückel, Michael ^b   Orstavik, Kristin ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^d   Jorum, Ellen ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Neuropathic pain; Nociceptors; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTORS; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 84866396385     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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