Effects of transcranial theta-burst stimulation on acute pain perception

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-484

  Antal, Andrea ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pain; laser TBS; LEP; M1; S1

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA BURST STIMULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956240431     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0555     Document Type: Review

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