Somatosensory profiling of intra-oral capsaicin and menthol in healthy subjects

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Lu, Shengyi ^a,b   Baad Hansen, Lene ^b   List, Thomas ^c   Zhang, Zhenting ^a   Svensson, Peter ^b,d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Menthol; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensory profiling

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; MENTHOL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAPSAICIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84872651614     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eos.12014     Document Type: Article

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