Medial lateral extent of thermal and pain sensations evoked by microstimulation in somatic sensory nuclei of human thalamus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2367-2377

  Ohara, Shinji ^a   Lenz, Fred A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; PAIN; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0142027022     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00450.2003     Document Type: Article

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