Time course of activity in itch-related brain regions: A combined MEG-fMRI study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2657-2666

  Mochizuki, Hideki ^a,b   Inui, Koji ^a,d   Tanabe, Hiroki C ^a,d   Akiyama, Lisa F ^e   Otsuru, Naofumi ^a,d   Yamashiro, Koya ^a,d   Sasaki, Akihiro ^a,d   Nakata, Hiroki ^a,c   Sadato, Norihiro ^a,d   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a,d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Japan Foundation   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRURITUS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 70449395798     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00460.2009     Document Type: Article

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