Pain relief by various kinds of interference stimulation applied to the peripheral skin in humans: Pain-related brain potentials following CO2 laser stimulation

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-198

  Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a   Watanabe, Shoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Diffuse noxious inhibitory control; Evoked potentials; First pain; Gate control theory; Magnetoencephalography; Pain perception; Pain relief; Peripheral nervous system; Second pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN; VIBRATION;

BRAIN; COLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LASERS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030307577     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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