Exogenous and endogenous components of ultralate (C-fibre) evoked potentials following CO2 laser stimuli to tiny skin surface areas in healthy subjects

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-85

  Opsommer, Emmanuelle ^a   Guérit, Jean Michel ^b   Plaghki, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C fibres; Endogenous components; Evoked potentials; Infrared laser; Nociception; Oddball paradigm; Ultralate components

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; SKIN STIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037931549     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0987-7053(03)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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