A review of topical high-concentration L-menthol as a translational model of cold allodynia and hyperalgesia

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-325

  Andersen, H H ^a   Olsen, R V ^a   Moller H G ^a   Eskelund, P W ^a   Gazerani, P ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; OXALIPLATIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8;

ALLODYNIA; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHRONIC CONSTRICTION INJURY; COLD ALLODYNIA; COLD HYPERALGESIA; COLD SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDLINE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MENTHOL; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84898887250     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00380.x     Document Type: Review

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