Inhibition of the human primary motor area by painful heat stimulation of the skin

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1475-1480

  Valeriani, Massimiliano ^a   Restuccia, Domenico ^a   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a   Oliviero, Antonio ^a   Profice, Paolo ^a   Le Pera, Domenica ^a   Saturno, Eleonora ^a   Tonali, Pietro ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human brain; Inhibition; Laser EPs; Motor Cortex; Pain; SII area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKIN STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; SKIN;

EID: 0032816598     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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