Brain-evoked potentials as a tool for diagnosing neuropathic pain

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 759-771

  Pazzaglia, Costanza ^a   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

A5 fiber; Brain evoked potentials; C fiber; Contact heat evoked potentials; Laser evoked potentials; Neuropathic pain; Nociceptive assessment; Nociceptive fiber

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT LESION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THERMAL STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 66249105356     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.16     Document Type: Review

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