Human In-Vivo Bioassay for the Tissue-Specific Measurement of Nociceptive and Inflammatory MediatorsMartin S Angst 1, Martha Tingle 1, Martin Schmelz 2,3, Brendan Carvalho 1, David C Yeomans 1
1Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Mannheim, 3Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Heidelberg
A technique is presented for the in-vivo collection of interstitial fluid samples from pertinent tissue sites (here, experimentally inflamed skin) for the measurement of biochemicals mediating pain and inflammation.