Psychophysical 'perceptual maps' of heat and pain sensations by direct localization of CO2 laser stimuli on the skin

Brain Research

Volumn 1120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-113

  Trojan, Jörg ^a,b   Kleinböhl, Dieter ^a   Stolle, Annette M ^a,c   Andersen, Ole K ^b   Hölzl, Rupert ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser; Psychophysics; Radiant heat; Somatotopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; ELBOW; FOREARM; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN; WRIST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSATION; SKIN;

EID: 33750433158     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.065     Document Type: Article

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