Highly localized inhibition of pain via long-term depression (LTD)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1703-1704

  Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 45849124274     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.032     Document Type: Editorial

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