Exteroceptive aspects of nociception: Insights from graphesthesia and two-point discrimination

Pain

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Mørch, Carsten Dahl ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^a   Quevedo, Alexandre S ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Coghill, Robert C ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphesthesia; Laser heat stimulation; Pain cognition; Spatio temporal integration; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAPHESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; LASERS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956540809     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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