Temporal analysis of cortical mechanisms for pain relief by tactile stimuli in humans

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-365

  Inui, Koji ^a   Tsuji, Takeshi ^a   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intra epidermal electrical stimulation; Magnetoencephalogram; Pain relief; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation; Vibrotactile stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BACK; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 32144441643     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi114     Document Type: Article

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