Differential brain activation associated with laser-evoked burning and pricking pain: An event-related fMRI study

Pain

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 104-113

  Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S ^a,b,f   Nemenov, Michael I ^c,d   Keaser, Michael ^a   Zhuo, Jiachen ^e   Gullapalli, Rao P ^e   Greenspan, Joel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lasmed LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burning pain; Diode laser; Event related fMRI; Pricking pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149145463     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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