Role of synchronized oscillatory brain activity for human pain perception

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 441-450

  Hauck, Michael ^a   Lorenz, Jürgen ^b   Engel, Andreas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Coherence; EEG; Gamma; MEG; Oscillations; Pain; Theta

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 60849132456     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2008.19.6.441     Document Type: Review

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