Reproducibility of human brain activity evoked by esophageal stimulation using functional magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Coen, Steven J ^a   Gregory, Lloyd J ^b   Yágüez, Lidia ^a   Amaro Jr , Edson ^a   Brammer, Mick ^a   Williams, Steven C R ^a   Aziz, Qasim ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; fMRI; Habituation; Pain; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BRAIN; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 34547126249     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00461.2006     Document Type: Article

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