Thermal grill-evoked sensations of heat correlate with cold pain threshold and are enhanced by menthol and cinnamaldehyde

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 724-734

  Averbeck, B ^a   Rucker, F ^a   Laubender, R P ^a   Carr, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINNAMALDEHYDE; MENTHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACROLEIN; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHOL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84879583690     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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