RTMS over the cerebellum modulates temperature detection and pain thresholds through peripheral mechanisms

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 210-217.e1

  Zunhammer, Matthias ^a   Busch, Volker ^a   Griesbach, Franz ^a   Landgrebe, Michael ^a   Hajak, Göran ^a   Langguth, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebellum; cervical afferents; control condition; experimental pain; muscle stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 80054966939     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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