I am touched by your pain: Limb-specific modulation of the cortical response to a tactile stimulation during pain observation

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1182-1189

  Voisin, Julien I A ^a,b   Marcoux, Louis Alexandre ^a,c   Canizales, Dora L ^a,c   Mercier, Catherine ^a,b   Jackson, Philip L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

EEG; empathy; pain; somatosensory; steady state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 80255136166     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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