Long-term depression of pain-related cerebral activation in healthy man: An fMRI study

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-624

  Rottmann, Silke ^b   Jung, Kerstin ^a   Vohn, René ^b   Ellrich, Jens ^a  

^a Department of Health Science and Technology   (Denmark)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentric electrode; Electrical low frequency stimulation; Pain memory; Plasticity; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; INSULA; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RATING SCALE; REST; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953284949     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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