An MR-compatible device for automated and safe application of laser stimuli in experiments employing nociceptive stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Pott, Peter P ^a   Kamping, Sandra ^b   Bomba, Isabelle C ^b   Diesch, Eugen ^b   Flor, Herta ^b   Schwarz, Markus L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated stimulation; Laser pain stimulation; Magnetic resonance compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER APPLICATION DEVICE; LASER SAFETY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN STIMULATION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649095215     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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