Chapter 6 The role of the thalamus in pain

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 57, Issue C, 2004, Pages 50-61

  Lenz, Frederick A ^a   Weiss, Nirit ^a   Ohara, Shinji ^a   Lawson, Christopher ^a,b   Greenspan, Joel D ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STIMULATION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 25144488113     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70342-3     Document Type: Article

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