A new method to increase nociception specificity of the human blink reflex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 413-416

  Kaube, H ^a   Katsarava, Z ^b   Kaufer T ^b   Diener, H C ^b   Ellrich, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afferents; Brain stem; Pain; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034056197     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00295-3     Document Type: Article

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