Quality discrimination for noxious stimuli in secondary somatosensory cortex: A MEG-study

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1048.e1-1048.e7

  Maihöfner, Christian ^a   Kaltenhäuser, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; fMRI; Functional imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Pain; Secondary somatosensory cortex; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 70350592062     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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