Neuroplastic changes related to pain occur at multiple levels of the human somatosensory system: A somatosensory-evoked potentials study in patients with cervical radicular pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 9277-9283

  Tinazzi, Michele ^a   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Rosso, Tiziana ^a   Faccioli, Franco ^a   Grosslercher, Johannes ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Cervical radiculopathy; Deafferentation; Pain; Somatosensory system; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Upper limb SEPs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THUMB;

EID: 0034671435     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-24-09277.2000     Document Type: Article

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