Human exposure to a specific pulsed magnetic field: Effects on thermal sensory and pain thresholds

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Shupak, Naomi M ^a,b   Prato, Frank S ^a,b   Thomas, Alex W ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Humans; Pulsed magnetic fields; Thermal pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542422804     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.03.069     Document Type: Article

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