Suppression of motor evoked potentials in a hand muscle following prolonged painful stimulation

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Svensson, Peter ^a   Miles, Timothy S ^b   McKay, Darrin ^b   Ridding, Michael C ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical spinal plasticity; Human; Muscle pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MYALGIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037250372     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(02)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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