Changes in pain perception and pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials in humans produced by exposure to oscillating magnetic fields

Brain Research

Volumn 769, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 362-366

  Sartucci, F ^a   Bonfiglio, L ^a   Del Seppia, C ^a   Luschi, P ^a   Ghione, S ^b   Murri, L ^a   Papi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habituation; Magnetic field; Nociception; Pain; Pain related somatosensory evoked potential; Stress induced analgesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030778273     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00755-5     Document Type: Article

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