Imaging human cerebral pain modulation by dose-dependent opioid analgesia: A positron emission tomography activation study using remifentanil

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 548-556

  Wagner, Klaus J ^a   Sprenger, Till ^a   Kochs, Eberhard F ^a   Tölle, Thomas R ^a   Valet, Michael ^a   Willoch, Frode ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; OXYGEN 15; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOREARM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THALAMUS; THERMAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PIPERIDINES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 34247518168     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200703000-00020     Document Type: Article

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