Homotopic long-term depression of trigeminal pain and blink reflex within one side of the human face

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2093-2099

  Aymanns, Matthias ^b   Yekta, Sareh Said ^b   Ellrich, Jens ^a  

^a Department of Health Science and Technology   (Denmark)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Craniofacial pain; Electrophysiology; Neurostimulation therapy; Plasticity; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449716910     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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