Correlation between temperature and vibration thresholds and somatosensory evoked potentials

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 131-134

  Meh, D ^a   Denislic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033994835     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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