Pain intensity processing within the human brain: A bilateral, distributed mechanism

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1934-1943

  Coghill, Robert C ^a,c   Sang, Christine N ^a   Maisog, Jose Ma ^b   Iadarola, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032842436     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.4.1934     Document Type: Article

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