EEG and laser stimulation as tools for pain research

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-64

  Plaghki, Léon ^a   Mouraux, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A fibers; C fibers; Electroencephalogram; Laser evoked potentials; Pain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LASERS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 12544252457     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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