Neurophysiological coding of traits and states in the perception of pain

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2408-2414

  Schulz, Enrico ^a   Tiemann, Laura ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^b   Gross, Joachim ^c   Ploner, Markus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; EEG; Gamma oscillations; Pain; Perceptual variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959373214     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr027     Document Type: Article

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