Cortical evoked responses following esophageal balloon distension and electrical stimulation in healthy volunteers

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2558-2566

  Hollerbach, Stephan ^a,b   Hudoba, Peter ^a   Fitzpatrick, Debbie ^a   Hunt, Richard ^a   Upton, Adrian R M ^a   Tougas, Gervais ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Electrical stimulation; Evoked potentials; Mechanical stimulation; Vagal afferents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031792799     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026667123187     Document Type: Article

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