Gamma oscillations in human primary somatosensory cortex reflect pain perception

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1168-1173

  Gross, Joachim ^a,b   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a,c   Timmermann, Lars ^a,e   Ploner, Markus ^a,d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 34249038339     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050133     Document Type: Article

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