Quantitative measures of the thermal reactivity of cutaneous mechanoreceptors.
Quantitative aspects of the non-specific response of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to two different modalities of stimulation were examined. Parameterization of stimulus temperature reveals the incompleteness of the commonly accepted criterion for thermal sensitivity and suggests the need for a re-examination of current concepts of specific mechanical, thermal and nociceptive sensibility.
Kenton
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Division of Clinical Neurology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Crue
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Carregal
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