Cortical activation changes during repeated laser stimulation: A magnetoencephalographic study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Stancak, Andrej ^a,b   Alghamdi, Jamaan ^a   Nurmikko, Turo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955940499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019744     Document Type: Article

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