BOLD responses in somatosensory cortices better reflect heat sensation than pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6024-6031

  Moulton, Eric A ^a   Pendse, Gautam ^a   Becerra, Lino R ^a   Borsook, David ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAT SENSATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THERMOSENSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860170996     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0006-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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