3D Topographic Study of the Diode Laser Evoked Potentials (LEPs) to Painful Stimulation of the Trigeminal Sensory Area

Brain Topography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Durak, Kadir ^a,b   Chen, Andrew C N ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SSK Vakif Gurabe Egitim Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3D topography; Diode; LEP; Pain; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 1842732942     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BRAT.0000019182.45048.ba     Document Type: Article

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