Inhibition of hyperalgesia by conditioning electrical stimulation in a human pain model

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1298-1303

  Nickel, Florian T ^a   DeCol, Roberto ^a   Jud, Sebastian ^a   Fasching, Peter A ^a,b   Seifert, Frank ^a   Maihöfner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Hyperalgesia; Inhibition; Neuropathic pain; Plasticity; Sensory decline; Sensory gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLAR PLATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956088499     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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