Sensory testing of the human gastrointestinal tract

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-159

  Brock, Christina ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Wilder Smith, Oliver ^c   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Experimental; Intestine; Neurophysiology; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERRED PAIN; SEDATION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 59249096488     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.151     Document Type: Article

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