Thermal Detection Thresholds of Aδ- and C-Fibre Afferents Activated by Brief CO2 Laser Pulses Applied onto the Human Hairy Skin

Maxim Churyukanov; Léon Plaghki; Valéry Legrain; André Mouraux

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035817

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Thermal Detection Thresholds of Aδ- and C-Fibre Afferents Activated by Brief CO₂ Laser Pulses Applied onto the Human Hairy Skin

Maxim Churyukanov,

Affiliations Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Nervous Diseases, The I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, Laboratory of Pathophysiology of Pain, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS, Moscow, Russia
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Léon Plaghki,

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Valéry Legrain,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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André Mouraux

* E-mail: andre.mouraux@uclouvain.be

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Thermal Detection Thresholds of Aδ- and C-Fibre Afferents Activated by Brief CO₂ Laser Pulses Applied onto the Human Hairy Skin

Maxim Churyukanov,
Léon Plaghki,
Valéry Legrain,
André Mouraux

Published: April 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035817

About the Authors

Maxim Churyukanov

Affiliations Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Nervous Diseases, The I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, Laboratory of Pathophysiology of Pain, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS, Moscow, Russia

Léon Plaghki

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Valéry Legrain

Affiliation Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

André Mouraux

* E-mail: andre.mouraux@uclouvain.be

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC LP VL AM. Performed the experiments: MC AM. Analyzed the data: MC LP VL AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: MC LP VL AM.

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