Psychophysical Measurements of Itch and Nociceptive Sensations in an Experimental Model of Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 741-749

  Pall, Parul S ^a   Hurwitz, Olivia E ^a   King, Brett A ^a   LaMotte, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; hyperalgesia; hyperknesis; itch; pain

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BETA ALANINE; HISTAMINE; SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; BOVINE ADRENAL MEDULLA 8-22; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; HISTAMINE AGONIST; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DYSESTHESIA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; WARMING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CYCLOBUTANES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84938751893     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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