High-frequency rTMS of the motor cortex does not influence the nociceptive flexion reflex but increases the unpleasantness of electrically induced pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 415, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Mylius, Veit ^a   Reis, Janine ^a,b   Knaack, Anne ^a   Haag, Anja ^a   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a   Rosenow, Felix ^a   Schepelmann, Karsten ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; NFR; Nociception; Pain processing; Pain unpleasantness; rTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33847637147     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.12.042     Document Type: Article

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