The nature and course of sensory changes following spinal cord injury: Predictive properties and implications on the mechanism of central pain

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 418-430

  Zeilig, Gabi ^a,b   Enosh, Shavit ^b   Rubin Asher, Deborah ^a,b   Lehr, Benjamin ^b   Defrin, Ruth ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

central pain; mechanism; prediction; sensory; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GRAPHESTHESIA; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL HYPEREXCITABILITY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TOUCH;

EID: 84857201637     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr270     Document Type: Article

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