Somatic sensation and the insular-opercular cortex: Relationship to central pain

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 160-165

  Bowsher, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central poststroke pain; Parietal operculum and insula; Somatic sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 33745242902     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093575     Document Type: Article

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