Steady-state evoked potentials to study the processing of tactile and nociceptive somatosensory input in the human brain

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 315-323

  Colon, E ^a   Legrain, V ^a,b   Mouraux, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Frequency tagging; Nociception; Somatosensory; Steady state evoked potentials (SS EP); Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STEADY STATE EVOKED POTENTIAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84867121973     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2012.05.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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