Excitability of the Aδ nociceptive pathways as assessed by the recovery cycle of laser evoked potentials in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-123

  Truini, A ^a   Rossi, P ^b   Galeotti, F ^a   Romaniello, A ^a   Virtuoso, M ^a   De Lena, C ^a   Leandri, M ^c   Cruccu, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c National Research Center on Interactions between Electromagnetic Fields and Biosystems Genoa   (Italy)

Author keywords

A nociceptive pathways; Endogenous potentials; Laser evoked potentials; Long latency somatosensory evoked potentials; Recovery curves

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LASER EVOKED POTENTIAL; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 1542315314     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1785-x     Document Type: Article

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