Tonic Pain Abolishes Cortical Habituation of Visual Evoked Potentials in Healthy Subjects

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-296

  Coppola, Gianluca ^a   Serrao, Mariano ^b,c   Currà, Antonio ^d   Di Lorenzo, Cherubino ^b   Vatrika, Marianthi ^b   Parisi, Vincenzo ^a   Pierelli, Francesco ^b,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d Ospedale A Fiorini   (Italy)

Author keywords

habituation; thalamo cortical activity; Tonic pain; visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; COLD; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TONIC PAIN; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949268310     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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