Corticospinal excitability during painful self-stimulation in humans: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 250-253

  Fadiga, Luciano ^a   Craighero, Laila ^a   Dri, Guanita ^b   Facchin, Patrizia ^b   Destro, Maddalena Fabbri ^a   Porro, Carlo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Hand; Mechanical stimulation; Motor cortex; Pain; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SELF STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 2342468032     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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