Influence of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on cutaneous silent periods in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-72

  Kofler, Markus ^a  

^a Hospital Hochzirl   (Austria)

Author keywords

A fibers; Cutaneous silent period; Exteroceptive suppression; Long loop reflex; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS SILENT PERIOD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPINAL REFLEX; THENAR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 1842663217     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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