Neurophysiological evaluation of convergent afferents innervating the human esophagus and area of referred pain on the anterior chest wall

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hobson, Anthony R ^a,b   Chizh, Boris ^a   Hicks, Kirsty ^a   Aziz, Qasim ^b   Worthen, Sian ^b   Lawrence, Philip ^a   Dewit, Odile ^a   Boyle, Yvonne ^a   Dukes, George ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical evoked potentials; Somatic; Visceral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERRED PAIN; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL PAIN; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; ESOPHAGUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, REFERRED; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC WALL; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 73549090089     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00288.2009     Document Type: Article

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