Cortical modulation of pain

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Ohara, P T ^a   Vit, J P ^a   Jasmin, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Descending inhibition: somatosensory; Insular cortex; Nociception; Spinal cord; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INSULA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN;

EID: 16644370675     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4283-9     Document Type: Review

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