Determinants of laser-evoked EEG responses: Pain perception or stimulus saliency?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 815-828

  Iannetti, G D ^a   Hughes, N P ^a   Lee, M C ^b,c   Mouraux, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55249123118     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00097.2008     Document Type: Article

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