Neurophysiology of the Cortical Pain Network: Revisiting the Role of S1 in Subjective Pain Perception Via Standardized Low-Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (sLORETA)

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1058-1069

  Nir, Rony Reuven ^a   Lev, Rina ^a   Moont, Ruth ^a   Granovsky, Yelena ^a   Sprecher, Elliot ^a   Yarnitsky, David ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

contact heat stimulation; event related potentials; intensity coding; Pain network; sLORETA; somatosensory cortex; source localization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54449100626     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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