Representation of UV-B-induced thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia in the human brain: A functional MRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1327-1342

  Seifert, Frank ^a   Jungfer, Isabella ^a   Schmelz, Martin ^b   Maihöfner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; fMRI; Hyperalgesia; Pain; Somatosensory system; Surrogate model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INSULA; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; THERMAL STIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149099991     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20470     Document Type: Article

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