Short-term modulation of the ipsilateral primary sensory cortex by nociceptive interference revealed by SEPs

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 435, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-141

  Waberski, T D ^a   Lamberty, K ^a   Dieckhofer A ^a   Buchner, H ^b   Gobbele R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Knappschaftskrankenhaus Recklinghausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intercortical plasticity; Interhemispheric connections; Pain; Receptive field; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Somatotopy; Source reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; DIPOLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIMB; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 41249101378     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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