Mechano-insensitive Nociceptors are Sufficient to induce Histamine-induced itch

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-399

  Schley, Marcus ^a   Rukwied, Roman ^a   Blunk, James ^a   Menzer, Christian ^a   Konrad, Christoph ^b   Dusch, Martin ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^a   Benrath, Justus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axon reflex erythema; Heat pain; Mechanical pain; Peripheral nerve block; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERYTHEMA; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN NERVE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HISTAMINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRURITUS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879709246     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1513     Document Type: Article

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