Comparison of human cerebral activation patterns during cutaneous warmth, heat pain, and deep cold pain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 571-581

  Casey, Kenneth L ^a   Minoshima, Satoshi ^b   Morrow, Thomas J ^b   Koeppe, Robert A ^b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MESENCEPHALON; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030016483     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.571     Document Type: Article

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