Reduced perception of dyspnea and pain after right insular cortex lesions

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1173-1179

  Schön, Daniela ^a   Rosenkranz, Michael ^b   Regelsberger, Jan ^b   Dahme, Bernhard ^a   Büchel, Christian ^b   Von Leupoldt, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Dyspnea; Insular cortex lesion; Pain; Perception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 56749164587     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200805-731OC     Document Type: Article

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