Pain-evoked potentials: What do they really measure?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 384-391

  Zaslansky, R ^a   Sprecher, E ^a   Katz, Y ^a   Rozenberg, B ^a   Hemli, J A ^a   Yarnitsky, D ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; CO2 laser; P300; Pain; Pain evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030248188     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)95654-4     Document Type: Article

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