Evidence for a dose-dependent effect of pulsed magnetic fields on pain processing

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 482, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-162

  Robertson, John A ^a,c   Juen, Nicole ^a   Théberge, Jean ^a,b,c   Weller, Julie ^a   Drost, Dick J ^a,b,c   Prato, Frank S ^a,b,c   Thomas, Alex W ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetics; FMRI; Induced currents; Magnetic fields; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955773455     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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