Transient inhibition of the human motor cortex by capsaicin-induced pain. A study with transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 97-101

  Farina, Simona ^a   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^b   Rosso, Tiziana ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore ^c   Tamburin, Stefano ^a   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Tinazzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Inhibition; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; Pain; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CAPSAICIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0035856390     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02297-2     Document Type: Article

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