A new thermal stimulation method for human psychophysical studies: Pain intensity clamping

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Wong, Fong ^a   Vierck, Charles J ^b   Riley Joseph L , III ^a   King, Christopher ^a   Mauderli, Andre P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; Human; Pain; Psychophysics; Stimulus response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 77950461419     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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