Inhibition of biceps brachii muscle motor area by painful heat stimulation of the skin

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-172

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

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human brain; Laser EPs; Motor cortex; Pain; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SKIN STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN;

EID: 0034922353     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100753     Document Type: Article

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