Consistent interindividual increases or decreases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity during experimental muscle pain

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1309-1315

  Fazalbhoy, Azharuddin ^a,b   Birznieks, Ingvars ^b,c,d   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Nociceptive pain; Pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFUSION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYALGIA; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897024030     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3847-7     Document Type: Article

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