Low-frequency short-time nociceptive stimulation of the greater occipital nerve does not modulate the trigeminal system

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 842-846

  Jurgens, T P ^a,c   Busch, V ^a   Opatz, O ^b   Schulte Mattler, W J ^a   May, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Functional connectivity; Greater occipital nerve; Nociceptive blink reflex; Occipital nerve stimulation; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PULSE RATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ADOLESCENT; BLINKING; CERVICAL SPINE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; SPINAL NERVES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 51649126528     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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