Cortical responses to Aδ-fiber stimulation: Magnetoencephalographic recordings in a subject lacking large myelinated afferents

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1898-1903

  Caetano, Gina ^a,f   Olausson, Hkan ^b   Cole, Jonathan ^c,d   Jousmäki, Veikko ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a,e  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

electric stimulation; magnetoencephalography; neuronopathy; pain; somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREARM; HUMAN; LIP; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIBIAL NERVE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 77955947973     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp260     Document Type: Article

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