Attentional modulation of human pain processing in the secondary somatosensory cortex: A magnetoencephalographic study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-32

  Nakamura, Yoko ^a   Paur, Robert ^a   Zimmermann, Roger ^a   Bromm, Burkhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Laser heat pain; Magnetoencephalography; Saturation; Secondary somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; HAND; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0037008418     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00447-0     Document Type: Article

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