Experimental skin pain and muscle pain induce distinct changes in human trigeminal motoneuronal excitability

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-629

  Truini, A ^a   Romaniello, A ^a   Svensson, P ^b,c   Galeotti, F ^a   Graven Nielsen, T ^c   Wang, K ^c   Cruccu, G ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hypertonic saline infusion; Jaw motor control; Laser stimulation; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MYALGIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PAIN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33749333823     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0508-5     Document Type: Article

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