Paradoxical heat sensation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Evidence for a supraspinal integration of temperature sensation

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1729-1736

  Hansen, C ^a   Hopf, H C ^a   Treede, R D ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Multiple sclerosis; Paradoxical heat sensation; Quantitative sensory testing; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0029913987     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.5.1729     Document Type: Article

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