Central pain processing in chronic tension-type headache

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1364-1370

  Lindelof, Kim ^a   Ellrich, Jens ^b   Jensen, Rigmor ^a   Bendtsen, Lars ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Center of Sensory Motor Interaction   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Human; Hypertonic saline solution; Model; Pain; Reflex

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 67649887148     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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