Stimulus-response functions in areas with experimentally induced referred muscle pain - A psychophysical study

Brain Research

Volumn 744, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Svensson, Peter ^b   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

experimental muscle pain; hypertonic saline; referred pain; referred sensibility change; stimulus response function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031032195     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01077-3     Document Type: Article

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