Effects of Attention on Visceral Stimulus Intensity Encoding in the Male Human Brain

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Coen, Steven J ^a,b   Aziz, Qasim ^a   Yágüez, Lidia ^b   Brammer, Mick ^b   Williams, Steven C R ^b   Gregory, Lloyd J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 57249103571     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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