An investigation into the peripheral substrates involved in the tactile modulation of cutaneous pain with emphasis on the C-tactile fibres

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-465

  Mahns, David A ^a,b   Nagi, Saad S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodynia; C fibre; Cutaneous pain; Hypertonic saline; Intradermal anaesthesia; Vibration

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER C; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PAIN; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878996949     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3521-5     Document Type: Article

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