Exteroceptive silent period of masseter muscle activity evoked by electrical mental nerve stimulation: Relation to non-pain and pain sensations

Functional Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-27

  Strenge, Hans ^a,b   Zichner, Volker ^a   Niederberger, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

exteroceptive silent period; masseter muscle; mental nerve stimulation; pre pain; sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029945925     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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