Perception to laser heat stimuli in depressed patients is reduced to Aδ- and selective C-fiber stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-92

  Weiss, Thomas ^a   Giersch, Dorothee A ^a   Sauer, Heinrich ^b   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Laser heat; Pain; Selective fiber activation; Thin fiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN;

EID: 79958148316     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.04.069     Document Type: Article

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