Anticipatory Electroencephalography Alpha Rhythm Predicts Subjective Perception of Pain Intensity

Journal of Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 709-717

  Babiloni, Claudio ^a   Brancucci, Alfredo ^a,c,d   Percio, Claudio Del ^b,c,d   Capotosto, Paolo ^a,c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Chen, Andrew C N ^c,e   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BresciaAssociation Fatebenefratelli for Research   (Italy)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

alpha event related desynchronization synchronization (ERD ERS); CO2 laser; Expectancy; high resolution EEG; painful stimulation; primary somatosensory cortex; subjective evaluation of pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SCALP; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY; WRIST;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33749070596     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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