Psychophysical and Vasomotor Responses of the Oral Tissues: A Nicotine Dose-Response and Menthol Interaction Study

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 596-603

  Nielsen, Thomas Arendt ^a   Nielsen, Bruno Provstgaard ^b   Wang, Kelun ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Boudreau, Shellie A ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Fertin Pharma AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; IRRITANT AGENT; MENTHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAORAL BLOOD FLOW; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PAIN INTENSITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWEETNESS; TACTILE THRESHOLD; TASTE ACUITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSENSORY THRESHOLD; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; BLOOD FLOW; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TONGUE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MENTHOL; MOUTH; NICOTINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THERMOSENSING; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964988314     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv163     Document Type: Article

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