Nociceptive laser-evoked brain potentials do not reflect nociceptive-specific neural activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3258-3269

  Mouraux, A ^a   Iannetti, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349136308     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91181.2008     Document Type: Article

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