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

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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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