The impact of Alzheimer's disease on the pain processing;Einfluss der Alzheimer-erkrankung auf die schmerzverarbeitung

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 375-382

  Kunz, M ^a   Lautenbacher, S ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; REVIEW; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PAIN; PERCEPTION;

EID: 3242882994     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818389     Document Type: Review

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