Quantitative pilomotor axon reflex test: A novel test of pilomotor function

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1488-1492

  Siepmann, Timo ^a   Gibbons, Christopher H ^a   Illigens, Ben M ^a   Lafo, Jacob A ^a   Brown, Christopher M ^a   Freeman, Roy ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE PILOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TEST; REFLEX; SKIN NERVE; SKIN TEST; SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX; VASOMOTOR AXON REFLEX; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PILOERECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SILICONES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868598304     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.1092     Document Type: Article

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